All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), California Assembly members are poised to vote on a bill that would “hamstring” insurers’ ability to conduct investigations when they...
Aug 28 2001 // The battle over New Jersey’s auto insurance rates and regulations, which began when State Farm Indemnity, the largest writer in the State, announced its intention to withdraw from the market, continues to rage as the...
Aug 27 2001 // Overregulation in the auto insurance industry may be an accident that has already happened in some states; but regulators can look to other states as examples of how regulatory requirements can be uniform and yet flexible...
Aug 23 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York voiced its opposition to any changes in the system of state regulation of insurers in an open letter, which takes issue with proposals supported by the American...
Aug 21 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Styn for his recent decision to uphold the use of video cameras to catch red-light runners. AIA cautioned opponents of red-light...
Aug 20 2001 // During the last hard market, much of corporate America wasted little time in stepping up the search for risk transfer alternatives to traditional commercial insurance. The current hard market appears to be no different if...
Aug 17 2001 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced the Insurance Department has finalized regulations protecting the financial privacy of Pennsylvania insurance consumers. With this new regulation, insurance...
Aug 15 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), a consumer privacy regulation proposed by the Missouri Insurance Department is contrary to state law because a third party claimant provision goes...
Aug 13 2001 // The New York Insurance Department is taking a major step to help reduce insurance fraud by adopting a regulation requiring speedier processing of injury claims after an auto accident, according to the NAII. According to...
Aug 13 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has joined the National Coalition on Ergonomics in submitting comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), urging the federal agency to base examination of...
Aug 13 2001 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) announced its opposition to the proposed Reinsurance Tax Equity Act of 2001 (HR 1755). The decision to oppose the legislation was based on concerns that it could...
Aug 13 2001 // The extensive over-regulation of automobile insurance rates in some states shines a spotlight on the potential benefits of a market-driven approach to oversight, Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA)...
Aug 6 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers, the NAII and the NAMIC are among industry trade associations that have publicly reacted to the American Insurance Association’s (AIA) endorsement of an optional federal chartering...
Aug 6 2001 // The American Insurance Association’s support of a draft proposal for an optional federal charter for p/c insurance companies has once more taken the industry to the edge of the regulatory thicket.The AIA position,...
Aug 2 2001 // The extensive over-regulation of automobile insurance rates in some states shines a spotlight on the potential benefits of a market-driven approach to oversight, Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA)...
Jul 30 2001 // In an announcement released July 17, the American Insurance Association (AIA) Board of Directors stated that it has formally endorsed draft legislation that would establish an optional federal chartering structure designed...
Jul 30 2001 // On behalf of the nation’s insurance commissioners, NAIC President and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius is urging Congress to remove a provision from H.R. 1408, the Financial Services Antifraud Network...
Jul 27 2001 // Representatives of the insurance industry and the state workers’ compensation division met July 23 to discuss implementation of a new law that would significantly reduce requirements for insurers to report their loss...
Jul 25 2001 // An administrative law judge found in favor of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) subsidiary American International Insurance Company of New Jersey (AIIC), on eight of ten issues in a dispute with the New Jersey...
Jul 23 2001 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) issued the following comment from Vice President-Federal Affairs, Pamela J. Allen, on the American Insurance Association’s (AIA) proposal for an optional...