All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 20 2003 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (RIDBR)’s Regulation 101 should be rewritten to specifically exclude surplus lines insurers,...
Jan 20 2003 // The European Commission, the top regulatory body of the European Union, is reportedly set to decide on Tuesday whether to file formal charges against the U.K. for failing to apply EU regulatory standards to the...
Jan 20 2003 // A Mendocino Country Superior Court judge has overruled the jury verdict in the case of two former State Farm agents vs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (IJ West, Sept. 2, 2002).Richard Pyorre and John Wier,...
Jan 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is disappointed with Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal that would have consolidated tens of thousands of asbestos liability claims into...
Jan 14 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is commending the responsiveness of Congress and President Bush for approving legislation that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program...
Jan 14 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York held its first legislative meeting of the year last Thursday, and addressed two major issues on which they want members of the Senate and Assembly to take action during the...
Jan 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers characterized the Delaware Department of Insurance current regulatory proposals on Credit scoring as “a good starting point for addressing the issue,” but indicated that they...
Jan 13 2003 // The Michigan Legislature adjourned a very busy but generally successful legislative session recently.Several bills of interest to property/casualty insurers passed during the last two weeks of the session including...
Jan 13 2003 // Ohio’s proposed credit-based insurance scoring rules have softened, but need additional fine-tuning to be more effective and beneficial to consumers, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers...
Jan 13 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services, the new agency resulting from the merger of the departments of Insurance and Banking and Finance, has opened its doors. The agency, headed by Chief Financial Officer Tom...
Jan 13 2003 // Dan Dunmoyer, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), announced that Daniel E. Kinney, California vice president-operations for State Farm Insurance Companies, will continue serving as the...
Jan 13 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor recently submitted the Biennial Report, required under Section 32.022 of the Insurance Code, to Texas legislators suggesting needed changes in laws relating to insurance...
Jan 13 2003 // For more than a year, the issue of federal backstop legislation for terrorism risk has dominated Congress’ attention when it comes to insurance industry issues. Now that the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act has been...
Jan 10 2003 // A new book on medical malpractice in Texas, by Fort Worth attorney Dan Barrett, claims Republicans are discriminating against the elderly and the poor in bills to be considered in the upcoming legislative session.According...
Jan 10 2003 // Chicago Bankruptcy Judge Carol A. Doyle, who is supervising the Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings of Indiana-based Conseco, Inc., has give approval to a plan to auction off the company’s financial subsidiary,...
Jan 8 2003 // The West Virginia State Legislature has issued a report finding that imposing caps on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits will not reduce insurance rates for physicians, at least in the near future.Following the airing...
Jan 7 2003 // With the much-anticipated 108th Congress convening Tuesday, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) said it is prepared to wage a proactive lobbying effort on behalf of independent agents and...
Jan 6 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor submitted a written report to Texas legislators indicating needed changes in laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry. The Biennial report, required under Section...
Jan 3 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA’s) 27th Annual National Legislative Conference will be held April 2-4 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C.The event will bring...
Jan 3 2003 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies strongly supported the right of insurers to use credit information in making underwriting and rating decisions, in testimony before an Ohio Department of Insurance...