All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2004 // Florida lawmakers yesterday approved a measure – House Bill 9A – that will provide $150 million in financial assistance for Floridians faced with multiple hurricane deductibles. Those eligible will be...
Dec 17 2004 // South Carolina’s new flex-rating law for personal lines property insurance is already helping to bring lower premiums to many homeowners, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).State...
Dec 16 2004 // A half-billion-dollar aid package, including property and sales tax rebates to reimburse residents who had to pay more than one hurricane deductible, was approved by the Florida Legislature before it adjourned today.The...
Dec 15 2004 // The Florida Legislature is expected to decide today or tomorrow to provide $150 million to help hurricane victims strapped with large insurance deductible payments. The House and Senate both support the plan, so according...
Dec 15 2004 // The use of the GEICO trademark to trigger Google paid ads that include the GEICO name reportedly violate the federal trademark laws. The judge presiding over the lawsuit filed by GEICO against Google Inc. ruled Wednesday...
Dec 14 2004 // In an important development 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...
Dec 13 2004 // Rich Robleto, director of Life and Health Product Review at the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has received the Robert Dineen Award from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The award was...
Dec 13 2004 // Major insurance issues are on this week’s Florida Legislature agenda in Tallahassee. In long-awaited special sessions, which begin today, even if legislators stick to key issues, it remains to be seen how much they...
Dec 13 2004 // Western Maryland doctors are demanding relief from the skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance rates that have driven some of them out of business.Frederick’s two senators and six local delegates listened to...
Dec 13 2004 // A Tulsa, Okla.-area legislator plans to take up the mission he began nearly a year ago to change the position of state insurance commissioner to one that is appointed rather than elected.State Rep. John Trebilcock,...
Dec 10 2004 // The American Agents Alliance is continuing to call for the defeat of California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s proposed regulations relating to broker disclosures, terming the proposal...
Dec 9 2004 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) in Frankfort was one of four state insurance departments receiving accreditation awards under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Financial Regulation...
Dec 8 2004 // District of Columbia Insurance Commissioner Larry Mirel responded to a request from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) for regulators to develop a more specific action plan for regulatory...
Dec 7 2004 // An Illinois Cook County circuit judge has ruled that a state increase in fees paid by employers into the state’s workers compensation fund was improper because it was used to help plug a gaping hole in the general...
Dec 7 2004 // As Americans become increasingly concerned about the privacy of their health and personal information, independent insurance agents and brokers must make safeguarding private client information a specific focus within...
Dec 6 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected four officers for 2005 during the NAIC Winter meeting in New Orleans, including a newly created position of president-elect to effectively serve a two-year...
Dec 6 2004 // Senate Panel Wants In, Agents Want Out of Brokerage Scandal At recent Senate hearings in Washington called to follow-up on allegations of bid rigging and hidden compensation by Marsh and other large insurance brokers,...
Dec 6 2004 // An insurance broker would be required to obtain written approval from its insured before receiving any compensation from an insurer for the same transaction under a compensation disclosure act unveiled by the...
Dec 6 2004 // A state district judge recently ruled in favor of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and its efforts to recoup more than $100 million for customers of State Farm Lloyds, an amount the agency contends the company...
Dec 6 2004 // Rating agencies are a reality, and we have to live with them,” Martin Kauer, CFO, Converium AG. “Market share is the enemy of risk management,” Brian O’Hara, president and CEO, XL Capital....