All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 27 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers praised New Hampshire’s House of Representatives for passing H.B. 684, which it strongly supports, calling it “a bill that will make it easier for insurers and...
Mar 26 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers praised a ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court that limits the amount insurers must pay to repair damaged vehicles. The ruling came in a case involving a State Farm policyholder who...
Mar 26 2003 // According to a bulletin from the Alliance of American Insurers “A bill being heard today by the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee is an attempt by the trial bar to restrict the use of confidentiality and...
Mar 24 2003 // New York Governor George E. Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg jointly announced new legislation that will allow a wider range of businesses “the opportunity to utilize captive insurance companies to...
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Mar 24 2003 // State lawmakers around the country have been busy introducing a variety of bills aimed at the issue of mold, how it is addressed by society, and how it is covered by insurers’.“We are currently tracking nearly...
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced March 21 that California State Compensation Insurance Fund would continue to provide workers’ compensation coverage for employers incapable of finding...
Mar 24 2003 // December is the most dreaded month for a surplus lines broker. In addition to all the 12/31 and 1/1 renewals, one must deal with underwriters and employees having the gall to go on vacation, holiday parties, holiday...
Mar 24 2003 // New state laws concerning workers’ compensation and automobile insurance make up the majority of the property/casualty-related insurance laws enacted by state legislatures last year, according to an analysis of...
Mar 21 2003 // Property/casualty insurers that write homeowners insurance in Texas can now use policy forms developed by the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops forms...
Mar 21 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers and the Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition both hailed the passage by the full New Jersey Senate, by a vote of 30-4-7, of legislation aimed at reforming what the Alliance called...
Mar 21 2003 // Responding to numerous inquiries concerning the availability of workers’ compensation insurance from the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, backed by...
Mar 20 2003 // The American Insurance Association commended the New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee “for its leadership and bipartisan action in passing historic legislation (Senate Committee Substitute/Senate 63) aimed at...
Mar 18 2003 // Acknowledging that his state has yet to enact strong measures to combat insurance fraud, Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell released the following statement in support of such anti-fraud...
Mar 18 2003 // St. Patrick’s Day in Trenton NJ took on a decidedly political character as supporters of proposals to change the state’s restrictive automobile insurance regulations gathered at the state capital both inside...
Mar 17 2003 // Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Senator Troy Fraser of Horseshoe Bay, chair of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee, have come out in favor of regulating insurers’ use of credit...
Mar 17 2003 // Acting to provide greater protection for consumers who file insurance claims, Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has proposed amendments to the Fair Claims Settlement Practices (FCSP) regulations, which govern...
Mar 17 2003 // “Virginia’s 2003 legislative session ended with the softening of many bills that could have made it much more difficult for insurance companies to conduct business in the state,” said an announcement from...
Mar 14 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has updated its online Agency Handbook to include the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance’s newly adopted and amended regulations implementing the...
Mar 12 2003 // With some regulators reportedly intent on removing personal lines regulatory modernization from their agenda, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) offered to lead an industry effort to review personal...