The U.S. District Court in Nevada has ruled in favor of a risk-retention group in its fight against that state’s attempt to bar its operations despite federal preemption under the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA).

Legislation has been introduced to permit risk retention groups to write commercial property coverage, expanding their role from the selling of liability insurance only.

Thomas E. Hampton, the former commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Banking and Securities (DISB), has taken a job about two miles away from his old office.