All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jan 24 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), companion bills severely restricting insurers’use of credit-based insurance scores have been introduced in the Washington State House and Senate....
Jan 23 2002 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court’s January 11 decision has effectively overturned a decision made in 1999, that allowed an injured employee to collect both workers compensation benefits and sue for damages under the...
Jan 22 2002 // According to the Washington Post, insurance executives told state regulators in Washington, D.C., last week that minus federal help, it could be months or years until they can provide terrorism coverage. They added...
Jan 22 2002 // The Utah Insurance Department is proposing to change its privacy regulation so that a third party involved in an insurance claim will be classified as a consumer rather than a customer of the insurer. “Without this...
Jan 17 2002 // Congressman Michael G. Oxley, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will address 800 independent insurance agents and brokers at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National...
Jan 17 2002 // State legislators are expected to be asked to remedy an Alaska Supreme Court ruling that held personal umbrella policies are auto liability policies and therefore must offer uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.The...
Jan 16 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), Ohio insurers are poised to actively participate in the 2002 Ohio Legislative session, during which insurance issues such as tort reform, credit and...
Jan 15 2002 // The California Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CAIFA) and the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), two Sacramento-headquartered organizations that have worked together for years on legislative and other...
Jan 14 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has thrown its support behind pending legislation in New Hampshire designed to protect the confidentiality of insurance company audit information from third...
Jan 14 2002 // AccordingSurplus lines insurers may offer hope for businesses to remain insured in those states, like California and New York, that are refusing to allow insurers to exclude terrorism risks in commercial insurance...