All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Aug 31 2004 // Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed two bills, AB 2199 (Kehoe) and SB 64 (Speier), that were considered part of Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s “Homeowners Bill of Rights” package. Garamendi...
Aug 30 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) will focus on the future for brokers when it convenes its annual Insurance & Financial Services Conference at the Convention Centre in Birmingham the 29 September...
Aug 30 2004 // Model legislation created to address guaranty fund insolvency issues has been passed in several key states in the 2004 legislative sessions, putting reform efforts on the right path, according to the Property Casualty...
Aug 27 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) says it is encouraged by the discussion draft of a bill that provides a “road map” for insurance regulatory reform. The draft of the State...
Aug 26 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term SuccessBy Stephanie K. Jones Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on Jan. 12, 2004, as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years...
Aug 25 2004 // National insurance trade association Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported that Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor told the House Insurance Committee that the reforms implemented...