All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2001 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) encouraged the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) to introduce its Insurance Compliance Self-Evaluative Privilege Model Act in state...
Jul 11 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), the first in a series of guidance materials intended to clarify key provisions of the new federal privacy protections for medical records and other personal health...
Jul 9 2001 // The Missouri Insurance Department has adopted an emergency consumer privacy regulation containing a third party claimant provision but excluding health and workers’ compensation insurance. National Association of...
Jul 9 2001 // Federal legislation aimed at helping prevent fraud from within the ranks of the rapidly converging financial service sector has been voted out of the House Financial Services Committee.This legislation — the Fin-ancial...
Jul 6 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a request to be a part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project.The CDI stated that it...
Jul 5 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), as the Washington state legislature gears up for a third special session to settle transportation issues, insurance industry representatives are...
Jul 3 2001 // The Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers showed its support to The House Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley (R-OH) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) on the recent passage of the Financial Services Antifraud...
Jul 2 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), the California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee narrowly nixed proposed legislation that would have restricted the ability of businesses to offer...
Jul 2 2001 // Calling the Consumer Federation of America’s (CFA) study on state insurance regulation “poorly conceived” and “wrong headed,” the American Insurance Association (AIA) is urging CFA to retract...
Jun 29 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), a state’s rating law plays a significant role in what people pay for auto insurance, Consumers in states with more regulation pay higher premiums...
Jun 29 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), following a second lengthy hearing, the Assembly Banking Committee recently voted to kill a bill that would have interrupted the California information economy. The...
Jun 27 2001 // Michigan’s Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner, Frank M. Fitzgerald, testified last week before the U.S. House of Representatives Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises...
Jun 25 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) told Congress that independent agents are committed to finding a solution to the speed-to-market issue that balances the demands of competition, free enterprise and...
Jun 25 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) noted that as the 2001 Oregon legislative session rapidly approaches its conclusion, workers’ compensation issues continue to dominate the discussions.SB 485, a...
Jun 25 2001 // In the last issue, I wrote about getting a grip on GLBA. As we creep closer to the July 1 deadline, I think the subject needs some more clarification.Last week, a reader called me in a panic wondering if the requirements...
Jun 25 2001 // A jury awarded almost $7,000,000 in earthquake repair costs and bad faith damages on June 15 to a Culver City condominium homeowners association in a lawsuit against Scottsdale Insurance Company. According to the Los...
Jun 22 2001 // Appearing on behalf of the American Insurance Association (AIA) before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Robert Gowdy, President and CEO of...
Jun 21 2001 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s lawsuit against Crédit Lyonnais (CL) and a number of other defendants, filed Tuesday in San Francisco, is the latest legal action involving the French bank and its...
Jun 21 2001 // On Thursday, June 21, 2001, National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Bob Zeman will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on...
Jun 20 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), at the urging of the association and its member companies, the Colorado Division of Insurance agreed to withdraw two bulletins that rendered meaningless...