NU Online News Service, July 19, 3:04 p.m. EDT

California enacted a law Monday that allows the state to keep all the premium taxes generated by the surplus lines industry.

The state's decision further muddles the situation created by the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, a provision of the Dodd-Frank financial services reform law that goes into effect Thursday.

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