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Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
MS House Passes PBM Reform Bill Mississippi’s House of Representatives passed a bill ( HB 1665 ) that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from employing clawbacks when patients’ copayments...
In June, Kansas became the 37th state to offer tax incentives to data centers, underscoring how the massive warehouse-like facilities that support the internet have become a priority for states and state...
States Target Sale of Consumer Geolocation Data Virginia’s Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology advanced a bill ( SB 338 ) that would amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act...
States Easing Up on Certificate of Need Laws Over a dozen states have introduced or are considering legislation this year to scale back their certificate of need (CON) laws requiring healthcare providers...
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J.P. Morgan said last week that insured losses from the wind-driven wildfires in Los Angeles could reach $10 billion, according to reporting by Reuters. AccuWeather initially estimated the total damage and economic loss from the fires would range from $52 billion to $57 billion, but days later it revised its estimate to between $135 billion and $150 billion, which would make the fire disaster one of the costliest in modern U.S. history. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, ACCUWEATHER)
Texas filed a lawsuit alleging Allstate has been secretly collecting driver data through drivers’ smartphone apps. Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) said Allstate and its analytics subsidiary Arity paid mobile app developers millions of dollars to install their tracking software. Last year the state sued General Motors for allegedly collecting drivers’ data and selling it to insurers without the drivers’ consent. (NEW YORK TIMES)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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