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Developing Anti-‘Debanking’ Trend in Red States? A new front appears to have opened in the ongoing battle over environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In March Idaho Gov. Brad...
FL Requests Medicaid Waiver to Bolster Health Workforce Florida is seeking a federal waiver to use Medicaid funding to expand its health care workforce, a plan that could be adopted by other states....
A couple of years ago, the idea of switching to a four-day workweek seemed to be catching on in state legislatures . As many as six states, including Maryland , Massachusetts and Pennsylvania , considered...
PA Enacts Crypto Transmitter Licensing Requirements Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed legislation requiring cryptocurrency and other virtual monetary transmitters to be licensed by the state...
MO Lawmakers Repeal Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Law Eight months after Missouri voters approved Proposition A, mandating paid sick leave and a $13.75 minimum wage, Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed legislation...
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a one-year moratorium on the cancellation or non-renewal of residential insurance coverage for more than 185,000 policyholders impacted by recent major fires in the state. The moratorium shields homeowners within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP codes of the fires for one year regardless of whether they suffered a loss. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
Five Louisiana legislative committees with oversight of insurance met last week to discuss the causes of and potential solutions for the state’s high insurance rates. The state’s Legislature is expected to meet in a special session on insurance issues in 2025. (LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR)
As the backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, investing has intensified in the United States, the number of resolutions companies have been receiving from investors urging them to abandon their support of DEI programs has also been rising, with 42 such anti-DEI resolutions having been filed this year, up from just one three years ago. But for now, pro-DEI resolutions still outnumber anti-DEI resolutions. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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