The legislation introduced by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., the Community Building Code Administration Grant Act (H.R. 4461), is designed to provide funding for local and state authorities to enact and e

Rhode Island's Supreme Court last week rejected efforts by the state's attorney general to hold lead pigment manufacturers liable for injuries suffered by children exposed to lead paint, throwing out

The Capital Markets Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee has tentatively scheduled action for July 9 on legislation that would create an Office of Insurance Information within the Tr

In a unanimous 4-0 decision the court reversed a Superior Court ruling upholding the verdict against NL Industries, Millennium Holdings and Sherwin Williams that could have required them to take part

State regulators are "very close" to endorsing federal legislation that will establish surplus lines carriers' home state as their primary regulator, and their backing is an important step for the

Interpreting the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the court held that an employer bears "both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion" for the "reasonable factors other

Next month will see a spate of congressional focus on insurance regulatory issues as both houses plan some action before departing on an extended summer vacation and returning for a brief fall session

WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court ruled yesterday in the 19-year-old Exxon Valdez oil spill case that punitive damage awards should be predictable and not exceed a one-to-one ratio with compensatory damag