All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 27 2001 // A proposed regulation that would allow only those drivers who renew coverage with their current insurer to receive discounts would stifle competition and unfairly penalize thousands of responsible motorists in the...
Sep 25 2001 // The 2001 California Legislature delivered favorable results to the insurance industry by defeating unreasonable privacy mandates, lifting restrictions on anti-fraud efforts, and approving the collection of more funds from...
Sep 25 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington issued a reminder Sept. 20 to current property and casualty license holders that beginning Oct. 9, they will no longer be authorized to solicit or sell surety bail bonds...
Sep 17 2001 // A California toxic mold bill reached Gov. Gray Davis’ desk on the evening of Sept. 13.The bill, SB 732, would enact the Toxic Mold Protection Act of 2001. It charges the California Department of Health Services with...
Sep 17 2001 // Although Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance (D&O) often is associated with large for-profit companies, they are not the only ones that need it. Many people hold the common misperception that...
Sep 11 2001 // An Appellate Court in New York has blocked the implementation of the automobile insurance reforms contained in Regulation 68, which were due to go into force on September 1.(See IJ Website Sept. 5)Justice Peter Tom ordered...
Sep 11 2001 // Judge James Gardner Colins has given the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PDI) until December 4th to come up with a plan to either rehabilitate Reliance Insurance Co., or to shut down the insolvent insurer. The PDI is...
Sep 10 2001 // By Catherine TapiaThis is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims, which continues its exploration of specific mold-related lawsuits in California: determining...
Sep 10 2001 // The last day of the 2001 California legislative session, Sept. 14, is rapidly drawing near. Among the remaining bills whose fate hangs in the balance are two which, if passed, would have varying degrees of impact on...
Sep 10 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. See IJ, Aug. 27, 2001, for Part I.Part II Determining causation A major aspect of the ongoing...
Sep 10 2001 // John Latham will soon step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with Insurance Journal to...
Sep 10 2001 // I think more and more folks are getting comfortable at least to the point of neutrality now.”That is one insurance industry spokesman’s take on AB 1193, a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from...
Sep 5 2001 // For the moment the implementation of the changes in insurance regulations contained in regulation 68 issued by the New York Insurance Department have taken effect. Last Friday The State Supreme Court in Manhattan blocked...
Sep 3 2001 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) says a long-anticipated General Accounting Office (GAO) report on state regulatory initiatives confirms the association’s position that while state...
Sep 3 2001 // The Texas Legislature authorized insurance-by-the-mile-based auto insurance coverage during this year’s session with the passage of House Bill (HB) 45 and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is now hard at work...
Sep 3 2001 // Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., incoming president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) and chairman of the annual convention, expects some 2,200 attendees at the 27th Annual Convention in San...
Sep 3 2001 // When John Latham steps down as president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) in San Antonio later this month, Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., will take on the office as incoming president and...
Sep 3 2001 // John Latham will step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president later this month making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with...
Sep 3 2001 // Rule makers over at TDI are huddling these days trying to decide how best to promul-gate regulations for the pending implementation of private passenger auto insurance by-the- mile for Texas drivers. The measure was born...
Aug 31 2001 // Inclusion of health information in a proposed state regulation in Iowa on consumer privacy could cause confusion and frustration for consumers and force agents to comply with two different privacy standards plus add to...