All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2005 // Idaho’s 2005 legislative session was marked as much by what legislation was passed as by what was not passed, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Idaho legislators and Gov. Dirk Kempthorne...
Apr 21 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said it opposes California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s proposed “Use it and Lose it” regulations.Garamendi alleged that...
Apr 21 2005 // The Arkansas General Assembly has completed its business for 2005, but will return for a formal and mostly ceremonial sine die adjournment on May 13, the American Insurance Association (AIA) reported.“AIA had two...
Apr 21 2005 // The board of directors of American International Group Inc., which is under investigation by state and federal authorities for certain accounting and reinsurance practices, has elevated public policy concerns and added...
Apr 20 2005 // Calling insurers “dead wrong” for canceling or non-renewing homeowners who file a legitimate insurance claim, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced new regulations to protect homeowners...
Apr 19 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association’s Joint Marketing and Underwriting Seminar, held April 17 in St. Petersburg, Fla., had a baseball motif, “Hitting a Grand Slam with Marketing and Underwriting Tools...
Apr 19 2005 // Misrepresenting collateral used to secure a loan, submitting a fraudulent insurance claim and receiving the insurance payments has netted Kyle C. Ferrell, a former Jackson, Miss. Police officer and Hinds County...
Apr 19 2005 // In a letter Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) voiced their...
Apr 18 2005 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released its first annual report of progress on implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 889, the law authorizing workers’ compensation reform passed...
Apr 18 2005 // There probably are few American small business owners who could correctly identify the federal group whose primary job is to keep the president of the United States updated on the activities of government such as...
Apr 18 2005 // An interesting confluence of recent events in Missouri very well illustrates the fickle nature of politicians when it comes to the regulation of insurance. First came a week of ceremonies in which brand new Republican Gov....
Apr 18 2005 // John Fogerty once sang, “I ain’t no fortunate son.” As the son of an independent insurance agent who forced me to work in the office while I was growing up, I can relate to the sentiment.Wisconsin...
Apr 18 2005 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–The House recently passed legislation that would tighten regulation of medical malpractice insurers as part of an effort to bring down premiums for physicians.The 141-11 vote sends the bill to the...
Apr 18 2005 // How do you convince overworked state prosecutors to chase down often stale-sounding insurance swindles when their case files already are bulging with high-profile crimes such as drugs, robbery and murder?Insurance-fraud...
Apr 18 2005 // An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-ElectFrancis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in...
Apr 18 2005 // A proposal that would create a single Florida-wide territory map and eliminate individual rate territories based on predicted hurricane risks and expected loss models was removed from House legislation, but was approved on...
Apr 18 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and Assembly member Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) introduced AB 925, a new piece of legislation that would require insurers to make investments in low- and...
Apr 18 2005 // It was about one year ago, on April 19, 2004, that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 899 into law, giving the state’s beleaguered workers’ compensation system a tremendous overhaul. Although...
Apr 18 2005 // While appearing in a Sacramento County courtroom for a preliminary hearing, James Chester Taylor Jr., of Quartz Hill, California, was arrested on three additional counts of felony grand theft in a different case. The Los...
Apr 18 2005 // New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) signed into law SB 560, the Personal Insurance Credit Information Act, according to the American Insurance Association. The bill was passed by the legislature on March 19. SB 560 will...