All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms that insurers have argued will help reduce workers compensation costs. Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, signed...
Sep 14 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a model law regarding how the states coordinate market conduct surveillance. It is based on a version recently put forth by the National Conference of...
Sep 13 2004 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected a slate of three new officers in interim elections held during the 2004 NAIC Fall National Meeting. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Sep 13 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term SuccessBeing first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on January 12, 2004 as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years earlier, at the beginning...
Sep 10 2004 // Three-fourths of uninsured Texans have full-time jobs but cannot afford health insurance, according to a report released recently by the Texas Association of Business.The study also shows that more than half of Texans...
Sep 9 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature has passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms supported by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) that will reportedly help reduce...
Sep 8 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) will advocate its positions on corporate governance, market conduct, securities ratings, and credit scoring during the National Association of Insurance...
Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
Sep 7 2004 // True reform of the current market conduct examination process will not be achieved by amendments suggested by regulators and adopted by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) to its own Market Conduct...
Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUESSeptember 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel...
Sep 6 2004 // Lobbyists for the American Insurance Association recently made their case for federal over state regulation of insurance before the House Committee on Financial Services by presenting a list that included the following:•...
Sep 6 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
Sep 6 2004 // Lessons from Andrew Taught Industry to “Be Prepared”Lessons learned from the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history more than prepared the insurance industry for the destruction left by Hurricane Charley....
Sep 6 2004 // Policyholders in insurer-funded programs were concerned that they might have to pay twice—some had originally posted large amounts of collateral and were now being requested to pay again.On June 28, 2004, Pennsylvania...
Sep 6 2004 // AIK Comp’s precarious financial situation in Kentucky should serve as a wake-up call for the workers’ compensation group self-insurance market in the Bluegrass State.Lawmakers and regulators in Kentucky need no...
Sep 6 2004 // Sweeping legislation being drafted by federal lawmakers would end state approval of insurance rates and require all states to adopt competitive rating for most types of insurance.States would have to stop requiring...
Sep 6 2004 // Under heavy pressure from Congress and insurance industry lobbyists to pick up the pace on regulatory modernization, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) at its summer meeting in Chicago accepted most...
Sep 6 2004 // The industry braced itself for the onslaught of Hurricane Charley, which hit the coast of Florida Aug. 13, leaving behind piles of rubble and an estimated $7.4 billion bill for insurers to foot, according to the Insurance...
Sep 6 2004 // Sweeping legislation being drafted by federal lawmakers would end state approval of insurance rates and require all states to adopt competitive rating for most types of insurance.States would have to stop requiring...
Sep 2 2004 // Oklahoma lawmakers, including many who are term limited, have one serious piece of business to finish before they go out of office – voting on the impeachment of state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher.Speaker...