All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2002 // Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has formed a new practice group to serve the needs of independent Managing General Agents (MGAs).The new group will provide focused services involving: * Contracts with insurance carriers...
Sep 9 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The California Insurance Department’s latest revisions to its proposed consumer financial privacy regulations are still at odds with state and...
Sep 5 2002 // Insurance regulators wishing to further regulatory modernization should begin to adopt a workable self-certification process to approve rates and forms, according to insurers.In a letter to the National Association of...
Sep 3 2002 // Arizona property/casualty insurance laws addressing the use of credit information, new form filing and investment provisions, spiraling costs of construction defect litigation and minors’ seatbelt usage took affect...
Sep 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) urged the Iowa Insurance Division to abandon several proposed changes in its unfair trade practices regulation, as it sees no need and no benefits from the...
Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...
Sep 2 2002 // Modifications to a final medical privacy rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stopped short of resolving concerns that workers’ compensation carriers and employers have with the...
Sep 2 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring and scheduled to go into effect September 1 was recently stayed by a Travis County judge as part of a lawsuit...
Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...
Aug 27 2002 // Responding to the increased state advocacy needs of member companies, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) Board of Directors has approved an expanded commitment to state and regulatory government...
Aug 26 2002 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute has announced it will hold a one-day seminar in October at three locations to help workers’ compensation professionals prepare for the statutory and regulatory...
Aug 26 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring and scheduled to go into effect Sept. 1 was temporarily stayed by a Travis County judge. According to the Austin...
Aug 26 2002 // Florida contractors mounted a protest at a meeting with the Governor’s Commission on Workers’ Compensation, insisting that a new law requiring all workers to be covered by workers’ comp on commercial...
Aug 23 2002 // A federal judge reportedly may order a pair of trials to decide how much in insurance proceeds World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein should receive to rebuild the destroyed site, according to an Associated Press...
Aug 22 2002 // A new study from Conning Research & Consulting, Inc. of state health insurance regulation has revealed a hidden crisis adding to the cost of health insurance and increasing the number of uninsured individuals.Further,...
Aug 21 2002 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) say they are opposed to a proposal by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to change the current...
Aug 21 2002 // Both the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Alliance of American Insurers urged Florida policyholders, insurers, and regulators to take a rational approach to mold issues at a recent hearing held by the...
Aug 21 2002 // Atlantic Mutual Companies, a New York-based mutual insurance company providing commercial and personal coverages through independent agents and brokers, announced unaudited statutory financial results for the second...
Aug 20 2002 // A key administrative rule has been published clarifying which tradespeople must have workers’ compensation coverage in order to work on commercial construction projects valued at $250,000 or more, according to...
Aug 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York Inc. is urging more than 18,000 workers employed by the 1,900 agencies the Syracuse-based trade association represents to join a grass-roots efforts against...