All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2005 // In times of disaster the insurance industry is supposed to shine, and your industry did,” Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell commented during a panel discussion at the Society of Insurance Research annual...
Jan 3 2005 // Carriers Eyed as Income SourceSouth Carolina legislators want to make insurance carriers pay for more investigators and prosecutors to fight insurance fraud under a proposal suggested by Rep. Daniel L. Tripp, R-Greenville....
Jan 3 2005 // The fun and games are set to begin in Texas. No, not the Olympics nor the Super Bowl–but the Texas Legislature, of course. The legislature will open its doors Jan. 11 and bill filing started last month. Lobbyists,...
Jan 3 2005 // A Tulsa, Okla.-area legislator plans to take up the mission he began nearly a year ago to change the office of insurance commissioner to one that is appointed rather than elected. State Rep. John Trebilcock, R-Broken...
Jan 3 2005 // The model compensation disclosure measure under consideration by the nation’s state regulators has been met with generally guarded support from agents, brokers and insurers.The Indep-endent Insurance Agents &...
Jan 3 2005 // On Dec. 13, Judge Paul Alvarado issued a tentative ruling affirming that the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) is subject to the Department of Insurance’s authority under the state’s Risk Based...
Jan 3 2005 // How to Produce Client SeminarsAs we develop our marketing and communications plans for 2005, one of the most effective ways a broker can provide a customized service to its clients is by producing educational seminars on...
Jan 3 2005 // A summary of the most important legislation affecting the industry in the New YearThe historic recall of Gray Davis and election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California set the tone for the 2004 legislative...
Jan 3 2005 // The model compensation disclosure measure under consideration by the nation’s state regulators has been met with generally guarded support from agents, brokers and insurers.The Independent Insurance Agents &...
Dec 31 2004 // The Maryland General Assembly, meeting into the early morning hours Thursday, approved a medical malpractice insurance reform package that Gov. Robert Ehrlich said he would veto because of a dispute over a tax on HMO...
Dec 30 2004 // The Schwarzenegger administration has released a sweeping set of regulations aimed at revising how doctors evaluate permanent injuries to workers and how much compensation they are paid.The new regulations, unveiled last...
Dec 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has released a statement, indicating that the action of regulators to delay consideration of one critical section of the proposed amendment to its Producer Licensing...
Dec 29 2004 // Storm clouds are looming over medical liability reform legislation about to be introduced in the 2005 Georgia General Assembly which would make it harder for insurance companies to raise their rates and thus, supposedly...
Dec 29 2004 // Massachusetts lawmakers have passed an insurance fraud bill that targets so-called “runners” who recruit others to participate in staged car accidents to collect the insurance.The bill makes the practice a...
Dec 28 2004 // Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., on Dec. 22 provided Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch a copy of the medical malpractice legislation that will be introduced during special...
Dec 28 2004 // Oklahoma state prosecutors plan to appeal a judge’s recent decision to dismiss an embezzlement count against former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, according to the Associated Press.“I’m not...
Dec 23 2004 // Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst once again called on State Farm to reduce homeowner’s insurance rates recently as he laid out the second part of the Texas Legislature’s insurance reform effort, the Associated...
Dec 23 2004 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs has released its Directors and Officers Liability Snapshot and Insurance Market Forecast for 2005.Legislation, regulatory activity, litigation and corporate governance requirements continue to...
Dec 23 2004 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is blocking a bill that Democratic lawmakers hoped would expand access to insurance for long term care, saying the state can’t afford a tax cut that would cause a $10 million annual...
Dec 22 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) strongly criticized a proposed California Department of Insurance regulation on insurance agent and broker practices because the measure is overly broad, poorly...