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CA Gov Takes Action on AI Safety Following recent reports of security incidents involving artificial intelligence, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive order directing state officials...
CA Mental Health Professionals Urge Enactment of Bill Restricting AI Therapy Chatbots Over 1,500 mental health professionals in California signed a letter urging Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to sign a bill...
Beginning on Oct. 1, health benefit plan providers in Alabama that use artificial intelligence to review prior-authorization requests will be subject to new requirements under legislation enacted this...
CA Lawmakers Pass Bills Regulating Energy Rates for Data Centers The California Legislature has passed a pair of linked measures aimed at preventing the costs of serving data centers from being shifted...
Gig Drivers Union Certified in CA California’s Public Employment Relations Board certified the California Gig Workers Union as the statewide bargaining representative for drivers working for Uber...
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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 Property Insurance, the state’s insurer of last resort, to set up a clearinghouse for commercial property coverage. But Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky said setting up a clearinghouse could cost $40 million, and some brokers and agents say the measure would benefit one company — Ryan Turner Specialty, part of one of the nation’s largest wholesale brokerages — while costing them more in fees and surcharges. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A federal judge struck down a 2021 Texas law requiring state and local government agencies to divest from financial firms that use environmental, social or governance, or ESG, factors in investment decisions, saying the law violated First Amendment free speech protections. Bryan McGannon, managing director of the U.S. Sustainable Investment Forum, said the ruling paves the way for legal challenges to similar laws in other states, including Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee and Utah and West Virginia. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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