In addition, for some lines of insurance, pricing is regulated at the state level, with regulators controlling how much a company charges for a given product.
Beginning in June 2011 Wal-Mart will implement testing measures to verify compliance with its ban on polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in certain products on its shelves. 2 Wal-Mart's efforts come without any federal regulation on the compounds, which only recently have begun to be regulated at the state level.
By an accident of history, utilities, like insurance companies, are regulated at the state level.
While payday lending is typically regulated at the state level, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has the ability to supervise the industry.
He said he'd like to see Roe v. Wade overturned, and abortions regulated at the state level.
There are eleven hundred utilities in this country, and they're regulated at the state level, so change is going to be very dispersed".
"We are becoming more regulated at the state level even as we become less so at the Federal level," said John Bishop, a Cornell University labor economist.
The federal government doesn't have any real involvement in the insurance industry„ it's all done, it's all regulated at the state level.
In the United States, physicians' practice is regulated at the state level, with medical board members distinguishing legitimate medical practice from unprofessional conduct.
Mr. Dinallo and Gov. David A. Paterson have said that New York State should regulate credit-default swaps to some extent, because they are similar to insurance, which is regulated at the state level.
It is up to state insurance commissioners and legislatures to take action, he said, because auto insurance is regulated at the state level.
