All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 25 2004 // The introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for two years is encouraging news and demonstrates the widespread understanding among members of Congress that the economic...
Jul 23 2004 // Despite reported overwhelming support by the public and rank-and-file legislators for meaningful reforms to address Illinois’ medical liability crisis, legislators are reportedly being presented with a proposal...
Jul 22 2004 // The Massachusetts Legislature has approved legislation that insurance agents hope will help eliminate confusion in auto insurance billing.The Massachusetts Senate on Wednesday joined the House in approving House Bill 4675,...
Jul 21 2004 // According to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), the failure of regulators to include “due process” provisions in the proposed changes to the National Conference of Insurance...
Jul 20 2004 // The New York surplus lines industry is trying to convince the Pataki administration to allow a change in the premium financing of surplus lines accounts, a change that lawmakers have approved overwhelmingly, but the...
Jul 20 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) told members of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) at their recent summer meeting in Chicago that states have the financial regulatory...
Jul 19 2004 // Two consumer advocacy groups released a statement criticizing Michigan auto and homeowners insurers for “false statements” about insurance credit scoring and Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed regulation...
Jul 19 2004 // According to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), a Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance proposal requiring written permission from auto policyholders or third-party claimants to use...
Jul 19 2004 // New York’s so-called vicarious liability law affecting car leasing firms costs consumers more than $130 million a year and has led to a 36 percent decline in the number of vehicles leased in New York each year,...
Jul 19 2004 // The Enron, Adelphia, Global Crossing and WorldCom corporate governance and fraud scandals of 2001 and 2002 may seem like a distant and terrible memory, but the public received some harsh reminders recently. Former Enron...
Jul 19 2004 // After nearly nine weeks of being suspended, operations at the New York property insurance residual market are back. The suspension of the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, also known as the Fair Plan,...
Jul 19 2004 // It may have seemed like the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) were just out for fun in the sun when they met in Destin, Fla. last month for their 102nd annual convention. In reality, this...
Jul 19 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) expressed disappointment in the decision by the California Supreme Court not to review a key case related to insurance rate regulation in the state. The Court...
Jul 18 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) told lawmakers during a panel discussion that efforts to limit insurers’ access to loss history information on properties are unnecessary and harmful to...