All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...
Dec 15 2003 // Except for the future of insurance regulation, there was surprising unanimity on leading issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry among both panelists and guests at the Fifteenth Annual Executive...
Dec 15 2003 // “Dirty bomb” was the phrase of the day at the All Industry Day held Nov. 25 in Dallas—perhaps not so surprising, given the fact the conference was titled, “Confronting Terrorism, Not If But...
Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...
Dec 15 2003 // Except for the future of insurance regulation, there was surprising unanimity on leading issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry among both panelists and guests at the Fifteenth Annual Executive...
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Dec 12 2003 // President George W. Bush signed into the law the “National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2004,” to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) without any changes, until March 31,...
Dec 12 2003 // The Alaska Division of Insurance’s proposed regulations regarding privacy of consumer financial and health information, while improved from the original proposal, are still not in sync with state law, according to...
Dec 12 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers is encouraging Ohio lawmakers to seize the momentum and act quickly on legislation dealing with tort reform and asbestos litigation reform. The Ohio House on Thursday approved HB 292,...
Dec 12 2003 // State regulators across the country may soon have a definitive source of guidance on market analysis, as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Market Analysis & Consumer Affairs (D)...
Dec 11 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin, which indicates that New Jersey’s auto insurance market, which it described as “once the nation’s poster child for the dangers of...
Dec 9 2003 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has presented its most prestigious individual award to Rosanne Mead, Assistant Iowa Insurance Commissioner, and Fred Nepple, General Counsel in the Wisconsin...