All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced it has hired two new staffers in its public relations office.Jemarion Jones is IIABA’s new manager of media relations. She replaces Kevin...
Jan 13 2004 // With the start of the New Year and the beginning of a new session of Congress only a few weeks away, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is rolling out its legislative agenda for 2004.Top issues...
Jan 12 2004 // The regulations proposed by the Alaska Division of Insurance regarding privacy of consumer financial and health information, while improved from the original proposal, are still not in sync with state law, according to the...
Jan 12 2004 // While service fees have been around for a long time, difficult market conditions and increased agency costs have made the use of service fees by agencies more popular in the past few years.In recognition that the Illinois...
Jan 12 2004 // Illinois’ insurance regulatory environment has long been viewed by the industry and business community as the model for other states to emulate, and rightfully so.While every state or region has unique problems in...
Jan 12 2004 // Last month the National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin, which described New Jersey’s auto insurance market as “once the nation’s poster child for the dangers of over...
Jan 12 2004 // An Exclusive Interview with Gregory SerioGregory V. Serio, the superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, is a busy man—moving between Albany, Manhattan, Washington D.C. and elsewhere about the country....
Jan 12 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas recently issued a reminder that new insurance legislation affecting the use of credit scores, water damage claims and the regulation of public adjusters is being put into place in Texas in...
Jan 12 2004 // To start off the new year, Insurance Journal asked Texas Governor Rick Perry to share his views on insurance reforms initiated by the Texas Legislature in 2003, and to comment on issues he believes need to be addressed in...
Jan 7 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it elected Richard A. Mayer to serve as chairman of the board of directors beginning Jan.1, 2004. Mayer was elected at the December board meeting in San Antonio.Mayer is the...
Jan 6 2004 // A new California state P/C trade association is being formed by a group of small and mid-sized California domestic insurers. The members write homeowners, auto and commercial lines except workers’ compensation and...
Jan 5 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said that a new law which went into effect Jan. 1 prohibits insurance companies from using a person’s credit history against them if they are dealing with...
Jan 2 2004 // U.S. District Judge Michael B. Mukasey has reportedly had enough of the internal and external sniping between Swiss Re and other insurers and Silverstein Properties in the dispute over the recovery for destruction of the...
Dec 30 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey recently submitted comments to the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) concerning proposed regulations that outline minimum standards for financial...
Dec 24 2003 // State insurance regulation is at a critical crossroads and achieving regulatory modernization in states in 2004 must be a top priority for insurers and state regulators, the National Association of Independent Insurers...
Dec 23 2003 // In an open letter to Paul A. Gigot, Editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Page, the National Association of Independent Insurers expressed its strong support for reforming Massachusetts’ auto insurance...
Dec 23 2003 // The Oregon Insurance Division has been recognized for its financial regulation program by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.Oregon was one of 10 states to recently receive an accreditation award from the...
Dec 23 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas issued a reminder that new insurance legislation affecting the use of credit scores, water damage claims and the regulation of public adjusters is being put into place in Texas in 2004.The...
Dec 22 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey recently provided input to the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) on several proposed regulations implementing the “Competition and Choice Act signed...
Dec 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America said an intensive lobbying effort paid off when it brokered an 11th-hour exemption for trade associations to the anti-“SPAM” bill conference report passed...