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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
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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