A coalition of senators have introduced the Insurance Data Protection Act to the U.S. Senate with an aim to scale back the authority of the Federal Insurance Office and return more autonomy to state regulatory agencies.
A new Colorado state senate bill on its way to the governor’s desk would require the state’s insurance commissioner to meet on a regular basis with a title insurance advisory group consisting of industry representatives.
A new house bill under review in the Ohio legislature would ratify certain requirements for joint venture title companies, including restricting the paying of commissions and allowing banks or trust companies to act as agents.
A bill currently under committee review in the New York state assembly would prohibit title companies from offering rebates or other financial incentives to attract business, while also banning applicants from knowingly receiving such incentives.
The Illinois state senate is currently weighing a measure that would shift the jurisdiction of enforcement for the state’s Title Insurance Act from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to the Department of Insurance.
Rule 7 of the Louisiana Insurance Code is being repealed, with the Louisiana Insurance Department commenting that the rule is no longer being used as legal guidance and is not relevant to the state’s insurers.
The state legislature of Arkansas has sent a bill to the governor’s office which would require county recorders to see a valid form of photo identification before processing a real estate deed.
The Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2025 was introduced to the California State Senate on April 9, aiming to establish a framework of modern privacy rights for insurance licensees and their third-party service providers.
The North Carolina legislature is considering an act to allow registers of deeds to refuse certain suspicious instruments, require ID from non-trusted submitters, and expedite quiet title actions after fraud attempts.
A state bill that would have granted Washington’s insurance commissioner the authority to order restitution for insurance malpractice victims was not passed through the state’s House Consumer Protection and Business Committee.