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SC Proposes Rate Cuts for Some Credit Property Insurance South Carolina’s Department of Insurance plans to cut the rates for some credit property insurance, which lenders sometimes require to protect...
States Eying Higher Electricity Rates for Data Centers At least a dozen states are considering ways to make data centers pay more for their power, with evidence mounting that data center demand is driving...
Evers Vetoes Insurance Reg Exemption for Direct Primary Care Doctors Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a bill ( SB 4 ) that would have exempted primary care doctors who provide care to patients who...
A few months ago we reported on state legislation targeting “predictive pricing,” the use of “data analytics, machine learning and algorithms to anticipate market demand and adjust prices...
CA Regulators Complete Review of Wildfire Risk Model California’s Department of Insurance has completed a review of the state’s first wildfire catastrophe model, which property/casualty insurers...
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At least a dozen states are considering ways to make data centers pay more for their power, with evidence mounting that data center demand is driving up rates for other commercial, industrial and residential customers. Lawmakers in Oregon, a data center hot spot, passed legislation in June calling for state regulators to establish new power rates for data centers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a bill (AB 269) that would have reclassified drivers for transportation and delivery network companies like Uber and DoorDash as independent contractors and allowed but not required such companies to offer those contractors access to portable benefits, including health care and retirement savings accounts. The measure would also have exempted such workers from state minimum wage, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation laws. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL)
State lawmakers gathered at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual legislative summit this month expressed frustration with the shift in power away from them and more toward the federal government. But one thing they refuse to relinquish is their right to regulate artificial intelligence. The way they go about such regulation, however, may be shifting to a more sectoral approach, instead of trying to replicate first-in-the-nation laws like the one passed by Colorado last year aimed at eliminating algorithmic discrimination by automated decision-making systems (SB 205). (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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