All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will host its eighth annual CEO/Agency Conference, sponsored by the New York Insurance Association, during its first Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program (RAP)...
Sep 8 2003 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance announced it has scheduled a Sept. 9 public hearing on a proposed regulation on the use of credit scoring in personal lines insurance underwriting.Adoption of Mississippi Department...
Sep 8 2003 // Premium growth continues unabated for surplus line carriers, the insurance industry’s relief pitchers. They find themselves the beneficiaries of a standard marketplace still skittish about placing risks in lines...
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush {R} has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
Sep 8 2003 // In a look at the race for Governor of California, Insurance Journal recently chatted with State Sen. Tom McClintock (R) who is running to succeed Gray Davis should the Recall Vote be successful on Oct. 7.McClintock was...
Sep 8 2003 // Insurance Journal staff writer Cynthia Beisiegel recently met up with Michael Nolan, president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) at the ACIC XIV Annual General Counsel Seminar in Las Vegas....
Sep 8 2003 // Gov. Gray Davis signed California financial privacy legislation into law Aug. 28, enacting one of the nation’s most restrictive state privacy measures, according to the Association of California Insurance Companies...
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago Insurance Journal presciently asked whether a consensus model credit-insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and...
Sep 8 2003 // Despite the uncertainty over who will be the next governor of California, the state’s next CEO will have to deal with groundbreaking insurance legislation that will be crafted, debated and implemented over the next...
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
Sep 8 2003 // Premium growth continues unabated for surplus line carriers, the insurance industry’s relief pitchers. They find themselves the beneficiaries of a standard marketplace still skittish about placing risks in lines...
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago it was uncertain whether a consensus model credit-based insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and consumer...
Sep 5 2003 // The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the state district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees and costs was erroneous in the case in re: Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation.The court’s...
Sep 4 2003 // The California Department of Insurance’s proposal to further regulate the special investigations units of insurance companies is excessive and unnecessary according to the Alliance of American Insurers. In written...
Aug 29 2003 // A Madison County, Ill., judge has certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 30,000 Geico Corp. policyholders on the direct insurer’s use of aftermarket parts to fix damaged vehicles. The Alliance of American...
Aug 28 2003 // Gov. Gray Davis signed California financial privacy legislation into law Aug. 28, enacting one of the nation’s most restrictive state privacy measures, according to the Association of California Insurance Companies...
Aug 26 2003 // Three insurance trade associations announced that a Sacramento Superior Court sustained their challenge to the legality of a homeowners insurance Emergency Regulation issued by the California Department of Insurance (CDI)...
Aug 21 2003 // A bill restricting insurers’ use of credit information for personal lines underwriting and rating passed the Senate Aug. 20 and heads to the Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s desk for his...
Aug 20 2003 // Financial privacy legislation swiftly passed the California Assembly Aug. 18 and the Senate Aug. 19, and Senate Bill 1 is expected to reach Gov. Gray Davis’ desk for his signature Aug. 20.“Uniform privacy...
Aug 20 2003 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signed a bill into law this week that protects agents’ ownership and commission rights when insurance policies are transferred from one company to another. The Professional...