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‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure...
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted...
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies...
In 2022, there were about 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States. That’s the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations worldwide. That sobering statistic...
DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
Florida lawmakers passed sweeping legislation aimed at ending the state’s years-long property insurance crisis. If signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), the bill (SB 2 c), which sailed through both chambers during the state’s second special session on insurance, will return state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to the status of insurer of last resort by requiring Citizens’ policyholders to switch to another carrier if that carrier’s premiums aren’t over 20 percent higher than Citizens’.
It will also require Citizens policyholders to purchase flood insurance; do away with one-way attorney fees and assignment of benefits agreements, which insurers say have been major cost drivers; reduce the amount of time insurers have to pay or deny claims; give the Office of Insurance Regulation more authority to examine insurer practices; and create a taxpayer-funded $1 billion reinsurance program. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, TAMPA BAY TIMES, STATE NET)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation (SB 7658/AB 8869) protecting victims of hate crimes from unfair insurance practices. The law bars insurers from canceling a policy, raising a premium, or refusing to issue or renew a policy solely because an individual or organization filed one or more claims for a loss resulting from a hate crime. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, STATE NET)
-- Compiled by KOREY CLARK