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Super Regional Carriers Gain by Educating ‘Suspicious’ Regulators About Tech Advances
"We're curious and we don't know. When regulators don't know what's going on, they get suspicious." That was Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledging that like the industry they ...
U.S. House Votes to Erase Lawsuit Rule Forcing Customers Into Arbitration
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to erase a new rule that lets bank and credit-card customers band together in lawsuits, as the agency that drafted the measure, the ...
U.K. Reportedly Exploring Switch to Softer, Longer Brexit Process
Theresa May's U.K. government is drawing up plans to extend the timetable for negotiating and completing the Brexit process, which could see a long transition period lasting until 2022, according to ...
White House Tally: Over 800 Proposed Regulations Killed So Far
The White House said Thursday it had withdrawn or removed from active consideration more than 800 proposed regulations that were never finalized during the Obama administration as it works to shrink ...
Battle Comes Closer Over New U.S. Rule on Class Action Lawsuits
A U.S. rule years in the making that was intended to restore consumers' ability to band together to sue financial companies could unravel in just a few months as the heads of two federal agencies ...
NAIC President Nickel: Regulators Must Do Better Understanding Technology and Innovation
State regulators must better understand understanding technology and innovation trends increasingly driving the industry so they can do their jobs better, NAIC president Ted Nickel said. Nickel, who ...
New U.S. Ban on Forced Arbitration May Die in Republican Congress
Republicans lawmakers on Tuesday started trying to kill a brand-new U.S. rule prohibiting banks and credit card companies from requiring customers who open new accounts to sign an agreement that they ...
Truck Speeding Fix Hits Roadblock; Safety Rules Halted by Trump Anti-Regulation Order
Years of pleas from parents whose son was killed by a speeding tractor-trailer, buy-in from some truckers and the promise of fewer highway deaths convinced U.S. officials in September to propose ...