As New York works to finalize its own broker compensation disclosure rules, at least three mid-Atlantic states are also investigating the matter.

The possible end of bans on contingent commissions and New York’s proposal of new rules on broker compensation could lead to national and state regulatory changes affecting insurance sales.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill Oct. 6 that would require financial requirements and limitations on mental health benefits be no more restrictive than those placed on other health benefits.

Two Westchester County, N.Y., public adjuster companies were fined $25,000 each for soliciting business outside of business hours and one also was cited for operating without a license.

The House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that “fixes a mistake” in removing the federal antitrust exemption for health and medical malpractice insurers.

Advocates of state or federal sponsored universal health care, including two Pennsylvania state legislators, gathered at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., to promote their solution to the nation’s coverage crisis.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into a law a bill to regulate the state’s life settlement market that includes a ban on stranger-owned life insurance policies.

The Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee has approved legislation to establish the Pennsylvania Landslide Insurance and Assistance Program, which would be operated by the Department of Environmental Protection.

As part of a two-year, $5 billion deficit reduction plan, New York Gov. David A. Paterson is cutting nearly $500 million in Medicaid and other health and mental hygiene programs in the state.

On the heels of the president’s trip to New Orleans, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is calling for reform to the National Flood Insurance Program, including the addition of wind coverage.