All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 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...
Feb 21 2003 // Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in...
Feb 21 2003 // Proponents of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) have suffered a double setback as UCITA legislation (SB697) in Oklahoma died in the Senate Appropriations Committee and the American Bar Association...
Feb 21 2003 // The 2003 Maryland legislative session is at the halfway point, with a crop of insurance-related bills still working their way through the process, including legislation on no pay/no play, insurers’ use of credit,...
Feb 21 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged the New Jersey General Assembly to remain focused on competition and stabilizing the auto insurance market at an Assembly Banking and Insurance hearing on auto insurance...
Feb 20 2003 // Florida’s top business associations demanded that state legislators fix the broken medical liability system, saying it is one of the key reasons healthcare costs are skyrocketing for employers and workers. According...
Feb 19 2003 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) says a California consumer privacy bill that was set to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Feb. 18 is unnecessary because current state law and department of...
Feb 14 2003 // An Oregon regulation addressing credit-based insurance scores should receive a chance to take effect and work before lawmakers consider adopting unnecessary legislation that could prevent consumers from getting the...
Feb 13 2003 // An Illinois appeals court has decided that an employee who injured his knee playing basketball at a company picnic can file a workers’ compensation claim. The decision overturned a ruling by an arbitrator who ruled...
Feb 11 2003 // A comprehensive, state-by-state guide to boiler and pressure vessel laws and regulations is now available from the American Insurance Association (AIA). In addition to providing summary information for each state and the...
Feb 11 2003 // Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” down the road to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National...
Feb 11 2003 // Tennessee Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Paula A. Flowers briefed the state’s House of Representatives on the department’s placement of three malpractice insurance reciprocals into receivership.“I...
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
Feb 10 2003 // With a federal terrorism reinsurance backstop now in place, the industry is faced with implementing the provisions of the legislation in a timely and efficient manner. This has and will continue to require unprecedented...
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
Feb 10 2003 // With a federal terrorism reinsurance backstop now in place, the industry is faced with implementing the provisions of the legislation in a timely and efficient manner. This has and will continue to require unprecedented...
Feb 7 2003 // William “Buddy” McCue, former workers’ compensation lobbyist for the Florida Insurance Council (FIC) and former president of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, died recently in Tallahassee after...
Feb 7 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi testified before the Assembly Insurance Committee recently, discussing the impact of water damage and mold on consumers and the insurance industry. Below is the text of his...
Feb 5 2003 // The Oregon Insurance Division has adopted regulations governing insurance companies’ use of credit-based insurance scores in writing personal automobile and homeowners policies. The regulations take effect June...
Feb 5 2003 // The Texas Legislature took the first of many steps in resolving the state’s insurance crisis with the naming of members to the House Insurance Committee and with the Senate’s initiation of hearings on insurance...