All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 18 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) should delay new regulations until the Legislature decides whether or not to substantially change state privacy laws, IBA West testified recently.At a public hearing in San...
Feb 15 2002 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) issued a statement in response to legislation introduced by Rep. John LaFalce (D-N.Y.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee. His...
Feb 14 2002 // Suggested changes to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Market Conduct Record Retention Model Regulation could require that state legislatures amend existing statutes in order to achieve...
Feb 13 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) continues to support state insurance regulation and will be working closely with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and other allies who support...
Feb 11 2002 // According to the San Francisco Chronicle, California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low is under fire as insurance companies and consumer groups debate a new proposal stating how personal financial information can be sold or...
Feb 11 2002 // California’s proposed privacy standard includes unauthorized, unnecessary provisions that should be amended so consumers can better understand their rights, and companies can more easily comply with the regulations...
Feb 11 2002 // Harvey Rosenfield’s California-based Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights (FTCR) filed separate lawsuits on Jan. 9 against three major auto insurers, Geico Corp., SAFECO Corp., and the Automobile Club of...
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Feb 11 2002 // The controversy swirling around the use of credit-based insurance scores in underwriting auto and homeowners policies is one that Insurance Journal has touched upon with increasing frequency during the past few months. But...
Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...
Feb 7 2002 // Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), an influential leader on insurance issues in the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference...
Feb 4 2002 // An active federal government role in the modernization of insurance industry regulation is more likely with the addition of yet another key industry group to the policymaking effort, according to the American Insurance...
Jan 31 2002 // The federal court judge in New York hearing the Enron surety bond case, brought by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. against several insurance companies, has ruled that the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell cannot...
Jan 31 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers, rental car companies would be the only beneficiaries of a bill to shift insurance responsibility now moving through the Arizona Legislature.Under current...
Jan 28 2002 // Challenges to the use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating, and consumer privacy matters related to the Gramm/Leach/Bliley Act (GLB) will top the insurance issues considered by state legislatures in 2002, according...
Jan 28 2002 // Early in 2000, insurance prices started doing something they had not done in almost 15 years. They began to increase, and they kept growing at a modest pace into the third quarter of 2001, when the events of September 11...
Jan 28 2002 // Tort reforms affecting Pennsylvania medical malpractice recoveries will apparently be receiving top priority from some of the State’s legislators, as they seek solutions to the current crisis in physicians’ and...
Jan 28 2002 // Early in 2000, insurance prices started doing something they had not done in almost 15 years. They began to increase, and they kept growing at a modest pace into the third quarter of 2001, when the events of September 11...
Jan 24 2002 // Michigan Governor John Engler recently signed legislation that provides confidentiality protection for insurers that conduct voluntary self-assessments of their compliance with state insurance laws. According to the...
Jan 24 2002 // While rejecting federal regulation of insurance, specifically a proposal by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) calling for federal insurance charters, the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) this week adopted a new...