All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2004 // A recent ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court has resulted in what insurers say is “a reasonable solution” to the issue of placing limits on financial compensation for emotional distress. The court...
Mar 5 2004 // Private insurers won a victory this week as legislation to privatize the Utah Workers’ Compensation Fund (WCF) died in the final hours of the 2004 Utah legislative session.However, the defeat of this legislation (SB...
Mar 5 2004 // According to the Washington, D.C. office of the American Insurance Association (AIA), a state insurance regulator’s working group is being pressured by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to...
Mar 4 2004 // Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, will speak to members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during their National...
Mar 4 2004 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) announced that the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has been unanimously approved by the PIFC Board of Directors to become the newest...
Mar 3 2004 // Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury, hear the case. The first trial against eight corporations that manufactured lead-based paints for...
Mar 3 2004 // A jury will hear the retrial of a landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry, a Rhode Island judge ruled.Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a...
Mar 3 2004 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has finalized a rule on credit-based insurance scores (INS 3300) “that balances consumer protections...
Mar 3 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) issued statements in response to a letter from two consumer groups that criticized the insurance...
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Mar 1 2004 // Michael Segal, the president and CEO of Chicago-based Near North National Group, was already under federal indictment of 17 counts of fraud and racketeering. Now federal prosecutors in the U.S. District Court of Northern...
Mar 1 2004 // Maine Governor John E. Baldacci has reappointed Alessandro A. Iuppa as superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. The bureau is responsible for overseeing the 950 insurance companies and 35,000 agents licensed in...
Mar 1 2004 // The New Mexico legislature’s regular 30-day session adjourned at noon on Feb. 19, 2004. Although the New Mexico Constitution largely limits the scope of 30-day sessions to fiscal matters, the governor can ask...
Feb 27 2004 // Calling it California’s best hope for a comprehensive solution to the workers’ compensation crisis, Assemblyman Juan Vargas (D-San Diego), and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the...
Feb 26 2004 // An effort by the U.S. Senate to reform the nation’s medical liability system by placing reasonable caps on non-economic damages fell short earlier this week, reportedly leaving the future of reform legislation in...
Feb 26 2004 // A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling last week regarding asbestos liability limits will only exacerbate the out-of-control asbestos litigation system in the state and can potentially delay or prohibit a truly sick claimant...
Feb 25 2004 // The American Insurance Association joined the PCI (See IJ Web site Feb. 24) in opposing legislation – Assembly Bill A. 9736 – under consideration in New York, indicating that the measure would further erode a...
Feb 24 2004 // Pediatricians Insurance Risk Retention Group of America (PIRRGA), a physician-owned and governed medical malpractice insurance company, has received notification of registration from the Florida Office of Insurance...
Feb 23 2004 // Insurers’ use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating personal lines insurance harms poor and minority policyholders in Missouri, according to a study released by the state’s insurance department.The...
Feb 23 2004 // In the last year, policymakers have crafted more measured responses to political concerns about insurers’ use of credit information. Such a balance is lacking in the Missouri proposal. Property/casualty...