All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 5 2004 // Oklahoma and Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their regular legislative sessions in June, with legislators in each state dealing with insurance issues in distinctive ways.As Tiffany O’Shea, Public Affairs director,...
Jul 5 2004 // The Louisiana Legislature wrapped up its regular session for 2004 on June 21. During the 2004 session, Louisiana lawmakers continued their reform of the insurance regulatory environment, aiming to bring additional insurers...
Jul 5 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation.A rate regulation bill, ABX4 No. 16, after passage in the Assembly on a party-line...
Jul 5 2004 // A number of years ago, very good friends of mine rallied their neighbors in an effort to improve their elementary school. With two young children of their own, they had a vested interest in a better school. But they and...
Jul 5 2004 // Massachusetts officials, moving deliberately to change the image of the state as a regulatory nightmare for insurance companies and to re-make its systems to look more like those found elsewhere, are making progress even...
Jul 2 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is one of a number of organizations who have formed a coalition calling for reforms to the U.S. Postal Service.In a recent bulletin the PCI noted: “Currently the...
Jul 1 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents both hailed President Bush’s signature of the Flood Insurance Reform...
Jul 1 2004 // Rep. Richard Baker (R-La.), chair of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises told members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America that the so-called Oxley-Baker...
Jun 30 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,...
Jun 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on Kentucky lawmakers to make changes to the workers’ compensation program in the Commonwealth in order to prevent future financial collapses...
Jun 29 2004 // Federal legislation that would exempt existing business relationships from anti-fax laws, including existing agent-client relationships, has advanced in the House and has been introduced in the Senate said the Independent...
Jun 29 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher commended state policymakers this week for passing important legislation during the 2004 Session aimed at helping insurance consumers.After hearing from thousands of...
Jun 29 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) expressed disappointment in the June 28 decision by the California Supreme Court not to review a key case related to insurance rate regulation in the state.The Court...
Jun 28 2004 // The Rhode Island General Assembly went into recess early Saturday, June 26, after approving dozens of bills that included health insurance reforms, a delay in lead paint mandates for landlords and development of a new...
Jun 28 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation.After years of double-digit rate increases, many companies have filed with the...
Jun 28 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke predicted recently that positive financial results for a majority of companies in the auto insurance marketplace will continue to produce returns for New Jersey...
Jun 25 2004 // More than 30 bills have been drawn up for consideration in July’s special session on medical malpractice insurance.State House Speaker Fred Parady, R-Rock Springs, said he expects more to come, although many bills...
Jun 24 2004 // At its summer meeting, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) agreed to reconsider proposed amendments to its Model Audit Rule. At a public hearing on June 14, the NAIC/AICPA Working Group decided to...
Jun 24 2004 // Torrance, Calif.-based Keenan, one of the largest privately held brokerage firms in the state, announced the appointment of Dale E. Bonner, Esq. to its Advisory Board of thought leaders to bolster its strategy and provide...
Jun 23 2004 // Two national insurance company trade organizations have expressed legal concerns about the recently initiated multi-state study on credit-based insurance scores and have asked regulators in eight states to withdraw their...