All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced May 5 that Janine Gibford has been appointed as assistant vice president in the association’s Western Region, based in Sacramento. Gibford will manage AIA’s...
May 5 2004 // Although so-called consumer protection initiatives dominated the headlines in the 2004 Florida legislative session, insurers were reportedly equally concerned with bills addressing workers’ compensation and other...
May 4 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Monday declared Iowa’s 2004 legislative session a success for consumers and insurers on key issues affecting the property/casualty market.“From passage of a medical...
May 4 2004 // Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC), released a statement in response to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent comments regarding the response of the insurance...
May 4 2004 // Florida’s just-ended legislative session “proved to be very productive,” an official with the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said. Florida lawmakers enacted several key...
May 4 2004 // Pending legislation purported to be pro-consumer would in fact hurt consumers by mandating insurance practices that in the long run would drive up the cost of homeowners insurance, according to the Association of...
May 3 2004 // A proposed regulation (Chapter 56) to restrict the use of credit-based insurance scores could actually cause unintended consequences for Wyoming consumers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA)....
May 3 2004 // Asbestos litigation reform legislation introduced recently by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) represents a significant step forward in the...
May 3 2004 // Acknowledging that nothing significant would happen until after the Texas Legislature closes out its special session on school finance reform, members of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud pushed forward recently on...
May 3 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on April 19 designed to overhaul California’s costly workers’ compensation system and save employers billions of dollars. The compromise legislation will limit...
May 3 2004 // Capping damage awards is not by itself the solution to Wyoming’s medical malpractice insurance cost dilemma, the incoming president of a state physicians group said.“Even if Wyoming were to enact reforms like...
May 3 2004 // Legislation that reportedly could have significantly increased automobile insurance premiums by forcing consumers to buy $35,000 in medical payments coverage was defeated in the Colorado House. “This legislation (HB...
May 3 2004 // The Rhode Island Senate on a 25-7 vote passed legislation that would ban smoking in nearly every public place in Rhode Island.The Rhode Island Workers’ Safety Act of 2004 (2004 – S2029A), sponsored by Sen. V....
May 3 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher commended state lawmakers for approving legislation, Senate Bill 2488, that will increase the availability of homeowners insurance through changes to the Florida’s...
Apr 30 2004 // On April 29, the WCIRB testified at a California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing called to assess the impact of the recently-enacted Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) on advisory pure premium rates effective July 1,...
Apr 29 2004 // Four months after a new law gave insurance companies more freedom to raise their rates, insurance lobbyists were back before a House panel asking for even looser regulatory restraints.According to the Associated Press,...
Apr 28 2004 // The use of administrative law judges to settle some legal disputes involving state agencies could be threatened by a lawsuit now before the Louisiana Supreme Court.According to Associated Press reports, the suit started in...
Apr 28 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is opposed to pending legislation, SB 1315, which would limit consumer choice on fire insurance policies and violate the California Constitution’s contract...
Apr 28 2004 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $25.1 million for the first quarter of 2004 compared to net income of $11.7 million for the first quarter of 2003. Diluted net income per...
Apr 28 2004 // Two national insurance lobbying groups joined their industry brethren by announcing their vehement opposition to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to ban the use of credit-based insurance scoring.Granholm, a...