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NJ Enacts Law Regulating Data Brokers New Jersey enacted legislation ( AB 5328 ) last month regulating data brokers. Among other things, the new law requires data brokers and data collectors to annually...
CA Joins NJ in Requiring Employers to Share Cost of Employees’ Medicaid Coverage California enacted a bill ( SB 177 ) directing the state’s Department of Finance to come up with options for...
On June 16, Vermont became the 23rd state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law when Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed SB 71 , the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act. The measure...
States Alter Course on Data Center Tax Breaks Virginia has become the latest state to pass legislation changing its stance on data center tax incentives in the face of growing opposition to the facilities...
DE Legislature Passes Ban on ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Delaware lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 84 ) that would prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend “captive audience”...
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The Illinois Bankers Association and other organizations filed a federal lawsuit to block a new Illinois law limiting banks from charging interchange, or “swipe,” fees on tax and tip revenues. The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act is scheduled to take effect on July 1 next year. (CENTER SQUARE)
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) has proposed delaying Phase 2 of a recently adopted insurance premium change transparency rule for two years, from June 2027 to June 2029. Phase 1 of the rule, which took effect in June of this year, requires homeowners and auto insurers to disclose to policyholders why their premiums have increased when asked. Phase 2 will require the reasons for premium increases to be included in policy renewals. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that insurance carriers can’t be held responsible when banks improperly cash checks made out to two insureds and give the proceeds to just one of them. The federal appeals court’s decision—involving Markel American Insurance Co. and a pair of Florida-based truck-leasing firms—and a similar ruling by a state-level appellate court in Florida in 2022 means insurers in the state are unlikely to face similar lawsuits in the future. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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