On Tuesday, March 28, Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, introduced a bill to require private health insurance companies to cover the cost of blood serum testing for PFAS. LD 132, “An Act to Require Health Insurance Carriers to Provide Coverage for Blood Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances,” was the subject of a public hearing before […]
AUGUSTA – The following bills were printed as of Jan. 13 for the Maine Legislature to consider during its 131st session. Bill text, bill status and roll call information are available at http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/search.asp . The.
Climate change litigation has become a global phenomenon, as scientists, agencies, and the general public increasingly associate wildfires, droughts, flooding, hurricanes, heat waves.
Oklahoma Bill Would Create Workers’ Comp Assigned Risk Plan April 21, 2021
A bill working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature would allow for the creation of an assigned risk plan providing workers’ compensation insurance.
Senate Bill 524 would also repeal the CompSource Mutual Insurance Company Act; CompSource Mutual is currently the state’s workers’ comp market of last resort. The insurance commissioner would be directed to develop the plan and would determine the rates to be charged, which can’t be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory.
The bill is supported by the Oklahoma independent insurance agents’ association, Big I Oklahoma.
In a media release Big I Oklahoma President and CEO Denise Johnson, said “separating the residual market and establishing it as a stand-alone entity, regulated by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance, allows for a level and fully competitive workers’ compensation insurance marketpl
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This March marks the unofficial one-year anniversary of the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused widespread financial
ruin to businesses across the United States. In their hour of
greatest need, thousands of these companies turned to their
commercial property insurers only to receive across-the-board
coverage denials. Some policyholders filed coverage lawsuits, but
by taking advantage of pleading deficiencies, insurers managed to
score some early wins, which they used to support their false
narrative that property policies do not cover business income
losses due to the presence of the virus.