All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2002 // Even though the next Texas legislative session is still months away, lobbying organizations with ties to insurance are polishing their strategies for influencing state lawmakers. Last month, the Austin American Statesman...
Aug 19 2002 // An order signed last week by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will ease regulatory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to develop and introduce new commercial lines insurance products in the state,...
Aug 19 2002 // The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is attempting to create a way to raise the rates charged for motor vehicle reports through Assembly Bill 2996. Earlier this year, the DMV attempted to raise the rates from...
Aug 16 2002 // A nonprofit company put together last spring by Nevada to offer medical malpractice insurance for physicians having difficulty obtaining affordable coverage has chosen not to lower rates, according to an Associated Press...
Aug 16 2002 // A proposed Colorado regulation would prohibit auto insurers from requiring pre-authorization before someone injured in an auto accident receives medical treatment under the state’s no-fault insurance law, according...
Aug 15 2002 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has begun the process of adopting a regulation to implement the new law restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. He hopes to adopt a final rule...
Aug 14 2002 // Under Iowa’s proposed regulation on consumer privacy, an insurer could be penalized for a single instance of failing to comply with its requirements, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers...
Aug 13 2002 // Alex Soto, a member of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Executive Committee, will participate in a White House-led economic forum hosted by President Bush and Vice President Cheney...
Aug 13 2002 // The Department of Health and Human Services struck the right balance between privacy and practicality concerns in revising its medical privacy regulations, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.HHS announced Aug....
Aug 13 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has published enhanced criteria for analyzing the eligibility of new classes of hybrid capital issued by insurers and banks. The article, “Mandatory Convertibles: New Hybrid Capital...
Aug 12 2002 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) preliminary determination that 35 states are in compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) licensing provisions is very positive news, although agents and...
Aug 8 2002 // U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has affirmed the Bush administration’s support for legislation permitting small employers, working through trade associations, to jointly acquire health insurance for their...
Aug 8 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The Maine Supreme Judicial Court handed another victory to the insurance industry in a recent ruling where it rejected the diminished value...
Aug 7 2002 // A judge in Fargo, N.D. dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the agency’s cancellation of a type of federal crop insurance for durum wheat last year.According to the Associated Press,...
Aug 6 2002 // A bill that passed the Nevada Legislature during a special legislative session last week should curb excessive litigation, which will help restrain increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance and improve the...
Aug 6 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) has taken over as the state’s insurer of last resort for consumers unable to obtain...
Aug 5 2002 // With the recent spotlight being placed on the 25th anniversary of the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), legislation enacted in 1977 which requires banks to increase their investments and loans to low income...
Aug 5 2002 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI), the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) took a giant step toward improving uniformity in state regulation by formally adopting model legislation based...
Aug 5 2002 // The U.S. insurance industry must have breathed a collective sigh of relief recently, when the Senate approved terrorism insurance backstop legislation after months of debate and delay. But now legislators must reconcile...
Aug 5 2002 // Insurance associations have been abuzz the past couple of weeks with regard to impending changes and new proposals to privacy regulations under Congress’ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB).Each...