All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 12 2004 // The Myers Law Firm has opened an office in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Its principal, Ross S. Myers, served 5 1/2 years as senior counsel of insurance regulatory affairs for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Aug 12 2004 // A news release from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America notes that insurers continue to recommend putting the brakes on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ proposed criminal...
Aug 10 2004 // The law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP welcomed Norris W. Clark, former Deputy Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance, to its insurance and reinsurance practice group.On Aug. 2, Clark joined Lord,...
Aug 10 2004 // The Illinois Senate voted 53-0 to confirm Fernando E. Grillo as head of the new super-department into which the state’s insurance department has been consolidated. Grillo will head the Department of Financial and...
Aug 10 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said a decision rendered last week by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in the case of President vs. Jenkins is a victory for all agents because it maintains the current...
Aug 9 2004 // The government must disclose the names of companies with the worst safety records along with their injury rates, a federal judge has ruled.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a Labor Department agency, had...
Aug 9 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers recently passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates—flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no more than 5 percent within a one-year period...
Aug 3 2004 // Although the Illinois General Assembly just wrapped up the longest overtime in state history, several bills critical to the insurance industry fell by the wayside due to ongoing political wrangling and the overshadowing...
Aug 3 2004 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has signed into law a bill changing from January 1 to April 1 the date that annual private passenger auto insurance rates take effect.The measure had been backed by the Massachusetts...
Aug 3 2004 // A decision by Gov. Ernie Fletcher to have the Office of Insurance take over regulation of the group self-insured workers’ compensation funds in Kentucky is reportedly supported by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Aug 2 2004 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed a number of bills of interest to the property/casualty industry since the 2003-2004 legislative session ended July 1, most recently the personal injury protection legislation and a...
Aug 1 2004 // One-fifth of the 251 property/casualty bills enacted in the states so far this year relate to the regulation of automobile insurance, according to an analysis by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies...
Jul 30 2004 // The Maine Workers Compensation Board is not subject to the more strict rules of evidence governing other courts and should be open to evidence from a variety of sources so long as it is sufficiently reliable, the state...
Jul 30 2004 // The American Insurance Association reported that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford signed into law SB 686, a flex-rating bill that could eventually eliminate prior approval for homeowners’ insurance...
Jul 30 2004 // Washington, D.C.-based law firm Collier Shannon Scott announced that John Dunlap joined the firm as a Government Relations Advisor. Based in Sacramento, Dunlap will help clients navigate California’s political and...
Jul 30 2004 // Maryland’s highest court has ruled that the state can be held liable for negligence if a child dies after social service workers mishandle reports of child abuse or neglect.“It is great news. The Court of...
Jul 29 2004 // On July 28, 2004, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) submitted its annual regulatory filing to the California insurance commissioner. In its filing, the WCIRB proposed advisory premium rates...
Jul 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has taken its case for reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 before the end of the year to Capitol Hill.Three members of the Syracuse-based...
Jul 28 2004 // The Arizona Department of Insurance recently released a regulatory bulletin that summarizes major pieces of newly enacted legislation. Among the topics included in the Bulletin is workers’ compensation, auto...
Jul 27 2004 // U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, who helped rebuild the state’s insurance market following Hurricane Andrew, has unveiled legislation aimed at reducing the loss of life and property caused by hurricanes, tornadoes...