On February 2, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued interpretive guidance regarding public companies' existing disclosure requirements for climate change matters. The interpretive guidance was adopted by a vote of three to two. According to Schwartz et al. (2010), the...

In July 2003, U. S. Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (D - South Carolina) introduced the Insurance Consumer Protection Act of 2003, which is “[a]mong the most prominent moves towards federal regulation” of the insurance industry.“The legislation is intended to authorize and direct the...