Republicans regained control of the Michigan Supreme Court by capturing two seats Tuesday, riding the same electoral wave that made the GOP victorious in all major statewide races. Wayne County Judge Mary Beth Kelly and incumbent Justice Robert Young Jr. …
Effective March 1, 2011, the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) will no longer accept paper filings. All filings submitted on or after March 1, 2011, must be filed via the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF). Additionally, AID mandates …
Bowing to pressure from insurers and agent groups, Massachusetts safety regulators have eased new, workers’ comp paperwork requirements for some out-of-state contractors. At issue is a form used by inspectors to verify whether a non-Massachusetts company doing business in the …
Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression, according to the …
The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, said it will return $11.3 million in dividends to its qualifying membership in March of 2011. The firm said this will mark the 17th straight year …
Democrats still hold the majority in the Arkansas General Assembly, but Republicans made historic gains in the House and picked up at least seven seats in the Senate. Republicans entered Tuesday’s election with 28 seats in the 100-member House. They’re …
With one ex-governor in prison and another convicted of a felony, Illinois voters decided Tuesday that they want the power to rein in future governors. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that gives the public limited power to recall unpopular governors. …
The former chairman of the New Jersey Assembly’s insurance committee has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing child pornography. Former Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen, of Paramus, has also been barred from any public employment or elected office, …
Midwestern states were among those that added to Republican gains in governor’s offices across the country on Nov. 2. Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are among the states that voted to replace Democrats in their governors’ offices with Republican …
Illinois still doesn’t know who the next governor will be. The contenders, incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, and Republican state Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington, are running neck-and-neck, each with a little more 46 percent of the votes, according …
