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Chatbot Bills Near Passage in CA A pair of bills aimed at protecting minors from harm by chatbots are nearing passage in California. Of the two, tech groups favor SB 243 , which would allow citizens...
NM Gov Calls Special Session to Bolster Safety Net New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced a special session in October to bolster safety net programs in response to the federal spending...
Political “debanking,” the practice of banks restricting or closing customers’ accounts for political or religious reasons, has once again become a hot topic , thanks to President Donald...
CO Lawmakers Tweak Last Year’s First-In-Nation AI Law In a special session that began last week, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) introduced legislation ( SB 4 a ) that would...
States Seek Ways to Replace Expiring Federal Health Subsidies Policymakers in California, Colorado, Maryland and other states are considering ways to backfill pandemic-era federal health insurance subsidies...
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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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