Latest Legislation Headlines

All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.

CORRECTION: Alliance Comments on CDI’s Amendment of Agency Appointment Regulations

Aug 12 2005 // The American Agents Alliance released the correction to an Aug. 10 article titled American Agents Alliance Comments on CDI’s Amendment of Agency Appointment Regulations. “The Alliance remains opposed to the...

Bills to Be Heard Next Week in Calif. Legislature

Aug 12 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies has released their weekly bill roundup. The following bills that will be heard next week in the California Legislature:Senate Appropriations Committee – Aug. 15 AB...

PCI Says Court Ruling Threatens Workplace Safety

Aug 11 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court has invalided what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to help provide drug and alcohol-free working environments in...

American Agents Alliance Comments on CDI’s Amendment of Agency Appointment Regulations

Aug 10 2005 // Thanks to the pressure applied by the American Agents Alliance and its association partners, the California Department of Insurance has amended its proposed regulations dealing with the electronic reporting of agency...

Wharton Study Recommends Short-Term TRIA Renewal, Study of Long-Term Solution

Aug 10 2005 // A 224-page report from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania recommends that Congress renew the current federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act backstop but “only for a relatively short period of...

Ohio Insurance Department Reorganizes Fraud Division

Aug 9 2005 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin today announced the reorganization of the Department’s Office of Investigative and Licensing Services to create a Fraud and Enforcement Division and a Market Regulation and...

NAMIC: State Actions Render Proposed NAIC Claims History Model “Irrelevant”

Aug 9 2005 // Creating a model act to establish a property claim history database would be “irrelevant,” given legislative action that has already occurred in the states wrote the National Association of Mutual Insurance...

AIA: Ninth U.S. Circuit Appeals Court Ruling on Credit-Related Adverse Action Notices Disturbing

Aug 9 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday sharply criticized a recent decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it says mandates an unfair application of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)...

WIAA Submits Comments On Latest Garamendi Agenda Proposal

Aug 9 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association, a leader in the fight against the Garamendi Agenda, submitted comments to the California Department of Insurance opposing yet another over-reaching proposed regulation impacting...

PCI Praises Alaska Gov. for Signing “Flex Rating” Modernization Bill

Aug 8 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of American praised Gov. Frank Murkowski for signing into law legislation which will modernize and improve Alaska’s system for establishing rates for homeowners, auto and...

ACIC’s Releases Special Insurance-Related Legislative Roundup

Aug 8 2005 // This is the Association of California Insurance Companies special report on the status of significant insurance-related bills that are awaiting action by the Legislature. Lawmakers return from their month-long summer...

Pa. Court Strikes Down 2002 Tort Reform Aimed at ‘Deep Pocket’ Rule

Aug 8 2005 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled unconstitutional a key component of tort reforms enacted in 2002. Commonwealth Court ruled that a measure that abolished joint and several liability is invalid because it was not germane to...

Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell

Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...

LEG SESSION DIFFICULT, NOT DAMAGING:

Aug 8 2005 // The 143rd Delaware General Assembly wrapped up its 2005 biennial session with the passage of the budget bill on June 30 and without the passage of legislation that would have negatively impacted insurers according to the...

INSURERS SEE CAFTA AS IMPORTANT STEP:

Aug 8 2005 // Congress took an important step toward opening the world’s insurance markets when it approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the American Insurance Association said. “Costa Rica, one of the...

Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell

Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...

Pa. Court Strikes Down 2002 Tort Reform Aimed at ‘Deep Pocket’ Rule

Aug 8 2005 // A Pennsylvania court has ruled unconstitutional a key component of tort reforms enacted in 2002. Commonwealth Court ruled that a measure that abolished joint and several liability is invalid because it was not germane to...

News Briefs

Aug 8 2005 // NationalPoll Reveals Americans’ Views on Aging: A poll by the MetLife Mature Market Institute conducted by Zogby International shows that 60 percent of Americans believe “old” is age 71 and over, but that...

Del. Restricts Homeowners Renewals, Requires ‘Gap’ Disclosure

Aug 7 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn wants to restrict insurers from canceling homeowners’ insurance policies because they have made a few claims and require insurers to more fully disclose to insureds...

ICT to Host Workers’ Comp Conference

Aug 4 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas will host its 2005 Workers’ Compensation Conference in Austin on Sept. 7. State Representative Burt Solomons of Carrollton, author of House Bill 7, the sweeping workers’...