All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 4 2002 // Swiss Re won another round in its lawsuit with Silverstein Properties over the amount of the recovery for the WTC losses, when Judge John Martin ruled that conversations between Silverstein’s lawyers and GMAC’s...
Jun 28 2002 // After months of discussion, and a last minute compromise which assured that State Farm will continue in New Jersey’s automobile insurance market for at least the next three years, Legislators have finally introduced...
Jun 26 2002 // State Farm Indemnity, New Jersey’s largest auto insurer with around 735,000 policyholders, has reached agreement with the governor and the NJ Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) to delay its withdrawal from...
Jun 26 2002 // Kenneth Bollier, president of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF), recently met with U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) and the staffs of Senators Barbara Boxer (D- California)...
Jun 24 2002 // Some recent events indicate that the Chinese insurance market is becoming more open to foreign insurers. U.S. and Chinese regulators recently concluded an agreement to begin sharing information; AIG opened an office in the...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 24 2002 // Federal lawmakers met recently to discuss the possibility of allowing insurance companies to have the option to be regulated by the federal government as opposed to the current system of state regulation, according to the...
Jun 24 2002 // Regulations being proposed in three states aimed at safeguarding consumer information should be modified so as not to encourage private lawsuits against insurers, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. The three...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 24 2002 // Federal lawmakers met recently to discuss the possibility of allowing insurance companies to have the option to be regulated by the federal government as opposed to the current system of state regulation, according to the...
Jun 24 2002 // Regulations being proposed in three states aimed at safeguarding consumer information should be modified so as not to encourage private lawsuits against insurers, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. The three...
Jun 24 2002 // Syntrio Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of online training materials, released a new online course, Privacy Laws and Practices: Applying the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to the Insurance Industry, to provide information to...
Jun 24 2002 // Some recent events indicate that the Chinese insurance market is becoming more open to foreign insurers. U.S. and Chinese regulators recently concluded an agreement to begin sharing information; AIG opened an office in the...
Jun 21 2002 // The 2002 session of the South Carolina legislature wrapped up last week on a positive note for the insurance industry, which saw victories on issues including credit scoring, commercial modernization, and producer...
Jun 20 2002 // U.S. District Judge John Martin has ruled in favor of a motion filed by Travelers Property Casualty Corp. in the Swiss Re/Silverstein Properties lawsuit over the extent of coverage on the World Trade Center.The motion,...
Jun 20 2002 // While insurers can breathe a little easier with the Senate’s recent passing of the terrorism insurance bill, a new quarrel has developed over whether businesses should be protected from paying punitive damages,...
Jun 20 2002 // A public hearing June 18 at California’s DMV headquarters to discuss proposed Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regulations to raise fees to access public drivers license information heard strong opposition from...
Jun 19 2002 // Both the New England Council and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents expressed strong approval of the U.S. Senate’s action in passing legislation to provide back-up insurance for acts of...
Jun 19 2002 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) President Thomas B. Ahart presented a “pragmatic, middle-ground” reform proposal that advocates the adoption of federal legislative tools to foster...
Jun 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18.The final vote invoking...