All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2002 // The court felt that the allegations should be heard,” Cary Cheldin, president of Crusader Insurance Services in Woodland Hills, Calif., told Insurance Journal.Cheldin was referring to a lawsuit Crusader Insurance...
Oct 28 2002 // As the 2003 legislative season dawns, insurance scoring is the lead issue for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). Insurance coverage for mold is also a major concern in selected areas of the country,...
Oct 28 2002 // While John Garamendi and Gary Mendoza figure to be the front-runners in the race for California Insurance Commissioner, they are not the only candidates on the ballot. Recently, Insurance Journal offered the three other...
Oct 28 2002 // By the time this issue of Insurance Journal lands on your desk, federal lawmakers probably won’t have passed legislation that would provide a backstop for terrorism insurance. But they are very close.It’s about...
Oct 28 2002 // As I am writing this, President Bush is pushing Congress to consider the insurance terrorism bill that has been floating around Congress for months. When asked recently to describe what measures should be taken in order to...
Oct 28 2002 // As the 2003 legislative season dawns, insurance scoring is the lead issue for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), followed closely by regulatory reform. Insurance coverage for mold is also a major...
Oct 25 2002 // A representative from the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) spoke in opposition to proposed regulation prohibiting the use of prior water damage claims in the underwriting or rating of residential...
Oct 23 2002 // A new poll commissioned by the The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and the Pennsylvania Medical Society has found that four out of 5 Pennsylvanians consider malpractice jury awards “out...
Oct 18 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has decried a proposed Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle regulation that would allow auto dealers and repair shops to use a reference guide for calculating...
Oct 18 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is praising President George W. Bush’s leadership and commending Congressional leaders for uniting to reach an agreement on pending terrorism...
Oct 17 2002 // Allianz CEO Henning Schulte-Noelle outlined the range of activities necessary to establish worldwide measurements and regulations for effective corporate governance in a speech Wednesday night in Frankfurt at a dinner...
Oct 16 2002 // If Congress adjourns without reaching a final agreement on terrorism reinsurance legislation, insurance markets for such coverage will continue to be plagued by availability and affordability issues, particularly for...
Oct 15 2002 // Judge Lorenzo Garcia of the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque New Mexico has upheld the ruling of a U.K. court in favor of Lloyd’s claims for a total of $2.8 million from six American investors, or...
Oct 14 2002 // Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services will discuss his findings on insurance scoring at a national workshop on urban insurance to be held Oct. 23-24 at the Hotel Monaco...
Oct 14 2002 // Responding to the reported frustrations of member companies burdened by the cost of state insurance regulation, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has named Marsha Harrison, formerly vice...
Oct 14 2002 // A federal judge ruled Sept. 25 that the attacks on the World Trade Center last September resulted in “one occurrence” under a policy form used by a trio of insurers of the destroyed complex, according to a Dow...
Oct 14 2002 // A federal judge has dismissed J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s fraud claim levied against 11 insurers, possibly derailing the company’s attempt to gather approximately $1 billion in losses resulting in trade...
Oct 14 2002 // “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” King Henry’s 15th century lament over his lack of sleep may well be shared these days by a number of 21st century CEOs, as investors call for their heads in the...
Oct 11 2002 // Even though the Legislature adjourned weeks ago without passing onerous privacy legislation, the Alliance of American Insurers continues working to address other ill-advised privacy measures in California. The most recent...
Oct 10 2002 // In a letter hand delivered to all terrorism reinsurance conferees, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and two other industry trade associations stated the critical nature of terrorism...