All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2004 // About 33,000 physicians who want help paying for medical malpractice insurance have applied for a piece of a $220 million state subsidy in Pennsylvania that will be largely funded by cigarette taxes increased in...
May 18 2004 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro A. Iuppa reported that Maine has become the sixth state to join the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Commission, a commission which has been developed by the...
May 17 2004 // At IIABA Conference, Agents Capture Attention of Lawmakers Frank, Baker, Allen and BunningFrom coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to hear and be heard on a wide range of issues from flood...
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses.The 28th Annual Independent...
May 17 2004 // Property/casualty insurers are coming to grips with the fact that a government-sponsored terrorism insurance backstop could expire at the end of next year, which would send pricing shockwaves through the market. Carriers...
May 17 2004 // As the idea of enhanced federal involvement in regulation of insurance gains momentum, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement coming out of Washington and envision what the insurance press might be reporting in...
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C., last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses.The 28th Annual Independent...
May 17 2004 // The Colorado legislature adjourned sine die on May 5, giving final approval to several measures before going home. The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that positive legislation affecting the insurance...
May 17 2004 // Oregon’s State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) recently released a 10-point self-evaluation in response to Governor Ted Kulongoski’s concerns about the publicly-owned workers’ compensation insurance...
May 16 2004 // Operations of the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, or FAIR Plan, have once again been suspended due to the failure of lawmakers to pass legislation renewing the program.More than 50,000 businesses and...
May 14 2004 // As he promised he would do, Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has vetoed legislation designed to address problems in the state’s medical malpractice market.Rowland, and many within the medical and insurance...
May 13 2004 // The House on Wednesday approved medical liability reform legislation (H.R. 4280) as part of a package of health care related bills designed to help the economy.The measure is part of the Republicans’ “Careers...
May 12 2004 // Revamping the way insurance is regulated in Louisiana is back on the legislative radar screen this session, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), with one bill that would enhance...
May 12 2004 // The legislation promised by House and Senate leaders to address the management of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and oversight of the insurance industry in the state has been introduced in both chambers.The...
May 11 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) recently announced it named Frank Arey, a one-time special appointee to the state’s Court of Appeals, as its newest Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).The AWCC,...
May 11 2004 // Conn. Governor John G. Rowland today stood with doctors and members of the Connecticut State Medical Society to announce that he will veto medcial malpractice legislation rceently passed because it lacks caps on damage...
May 11 2004 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives Media Division reported that Governor Brad Henry has established a work group to examine pending workers’ compensation legislation in an effort to reach consensus on a reform...
May 11 2004 // The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Civil Justice Task Force has unanimously adopted a model law prepared by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC).The Fair Notice and Market Stability...
May 11 2004 // Senior California regulator Norris Clark, deputy commissioner for financial surveillance, will resign effective August 1.“In all sectors of the insurance industry he is known as a very influential regulator and a...
May 10 2004 // Florida’s Department of Financial Services is participating in several events around the state this week in recognition of “Cover the Uninsured Week,” according to Florida’s Chief Financial Officer...