How does an insurance specialist obtain information about new laws and regulations?

It is not clear as to the capacity of the person asking, so the answer will be generic.

1. Insurance is regulated by statute and by each State. Therefore, there are 50 different sets of insurance laws.

2. Probably uniformly, statutes for each state are available online, for free, often through the Secretary of State of the applicable State. Alternatively, insurance statutes may be posted on the website of the Department of Insurance.

3. Administrative regulations, which are "finer" rules promulgated to implement the statutes may also be available online or in hard copy at a law library.

4. There are several electronic research database and research tools, such as LexisNesis, through which this information can be accessed.