All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2002 // A revised proposed state regulation on licensing insurance adjusters after a catastrophe again falls short of protecting Missouri consumers according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII).NAII Counsel...
Mar 4 2002 // The National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) regulatory modernization model law is an important step in the effort to streamline state regulation and enhance a competitive insurance marketplace according...
Mar 1 2002 // The Missouri Insurance Department has modified its consumer privacy regulation to make it fully compliant with the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber...
Mar 1 2002 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.’s President, David Mair, testified Feb. 28 before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the necessity of terrorism insurance...
Feb 28 2002 // Gerald L. Zimmerman, senior counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers, said that several insurance-related bills scheduled to be considered by the Rhode Island Senate Corporations Committee would stifle...
Feb 27 2002 // Proposed changes to the way California allows insurers to compute auto insurance rates will result in a return to a confusing system that generates arbitrary rates, to the ultimate detriment of consumers, according to the...
Feb 25 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin which lists the status of legislation in various states concerning the use of “credit scoring” by insurers.A rundown of the Eastern region...
Feb 25 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has announced the availability of its authoritative guide on state insurance laws and regulations, State Filing Handbook & State Filing Forms, on ISOnetSM, ISO’s secure...
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning the various land-based descendants we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
Feb 25 2002 // We strongly encourage the Department to wait before they actually promulgate these regulations.”That sentiment was offered during testimony given Feb. 8, by Steve Young, senior vice president and general counsel for...
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
Feb 25 2002 // As was widely expected, on Feb. 15, California Gov. Gray Davis signed a workers’ comp-related bill, AB 749 (Calderon & Burton), which had passed both the state’s House and Senate on Feb. 4. But while it...
Feb 25 2002 // Analysts and insurance company CEOs who recently addressed the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York City presented remarkably consistent predictions about the future of the insurance industry in the...
Feb 25 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AIA) commended the Arkansas Insurance Department for creating a task force to gain input from interested parties on what steps the state should take to modernize insurance regulation in...
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning like the varius land-based descendents we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
Feb 22 2002 // A new congressional proposal that would create a direct federal role in insurance regulation is being opposed by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), according to CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt.House Financial...
Feb 22 2002 // Legislation supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA) to reduce government regulation of commercial insurance in New Mexico was passed by the state legislature. The measure (SB 256), which passed last week with...
Feb 21 2002 // Insurers praised the recent decision by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Functional Regulation Working Group to file an amicus brief against the Office of Comptroller of the...
Feb 20 2002 // NAII Senior Vice President for Government Relations Carl Parks has characterized the Insurance Industry Modernization and Consumer Protection Act introduced by Rep. John LaFalce (D-N.Y.), the ranking Democrat on the House...
Feb 20 2002 // National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) draft language on self-audit legislation will help insurers comply with state laws and regulations without opening their doors to frivolous lawsuits or...