TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday signed into law a measure restoring the surplus lines industry’s traditional exemption from rate and form regulation in the state.The Florida Supreme Court put the exemption into question last year when it ruled ... [full story]

Highway safety advocates say a deadly gap exists in the nation's seat belt laws: Most states don't require adult passengers in the back seat to buckle up. The District of Columbia and 49 states have seat belt laws for adults, but ... [full story]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A political coup in New York's statehouse can be traced back to an incident in which a top lawmaker so enraged a wealthy backer by peering at e-mails on his BlackBerry that his patron engineered his ... [full story]