Insurance Law

Uninsured Angst Rises as $1,000 Premiums Loom on Ruling – Bloomberg

“I would be devastated, quite honestly, if the law was thrown out,” said Waldon, an office manager who pays $700 a month in premiums because her employer doesn’t offer insurance. “It isn’t even like people talk about any alternatives to … Continue reading

Health Law Supporters Worry About ‘Signal’ From Big Insurers To Supreme Court – Kaiser Health News

Analysts, lobbyists and journalists are still examining the announcement that three large health insurance companies would allow some of the health law’s more popular consumer provisions to go forward no matter how the court decides. ABC …

Japan passes law to provide insurance for oil imports from Iran – Top News India

The lower house in Japan has approved a bill that will provide guarantee from the government on insurance for importing crude oil from Iran. The move marks the first step by a major Asian imported to work around the sanctions … Continue reading

Private insurance exec to lead Fla.-backed firm – Businessweek

(AP) — A private insurance executive with four decades of experience … increase premiums for new customers far in excess of a 10 percent cap set by state law. Advocates of that strategy argue the limit applies only to existing … Continue reading

Ala. governor promotes homeowner’s insurance laws – Houston Chronicle

FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor visited the Gulf coast Wednesday to promote new laws designed to make homeowner’s insurance more affordable after hurricanes drove up prices. Gov. Robert Bentley told Foley residents that he worked with legislators …

Employers: ‘Plan B’ if health reform is axed – Yahoo Finance

How Corporate America will react if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark 2010 health care reform law is a big fat — scary — question mark. And that leaves more than 160 million people who get their insurance directly through … Continue reading

Romney Plan for Pre-Existing Conditions Draws Dem Fire – YAHOO!

But it’s Romney’s unabashed public opposition to one of the law’s most popular provisions – a ban on health insurance company discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions – that is once again stirring the political pot. The former governor …

Russian Federation: Export Credit Insurance – Mondaq

The Federal Law dated 18 July 2011 No. 236-FZ “On amendment of certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in order to improve the mechanism of insurance of export credit and investments against entrepreneurial and political risks”, amends a number … Continue reading

Bentley touts homeowner’s insurance laws – Montgomery Advertiser

FOLEY — Alabama’s governor visited the Gulf Coast Wednesday to promote new laws designed to make homeowner’s insurance more affordable after hurricanes drove up prices. Gov. Robert Bentley told Foley residents that he worked with …

New 2012 Car Insurance Laws Tracked on CheapCarInsurance.net – Marketwatch

Smartphones are wonderful communication tools, but many state governments are in agreement they have no business being used when people are driving as well. A number of states have recently passed laws restricting or barring use of a …