All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2001 // Steve Sheffey, counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, informed insurance regulators at an April 24 speech in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they need to keep pace with gains in the technology field by forming regulation that...
Apr 19 2001 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Amwest Insurance Group Inc. stated that it is seeking the necessary regulatory approvals for two previously announced transactions. These include reaching an agreement with its reinsurer to provide...
Apr 18 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) expressed its approval of the efforts made by a number of states to enact licensing reforms. IIAA State Government Affairs Committee Chairman Ronald A. Smith emphasized...
Apr 16 2001 // In the summer of 2000, a survey on rate and form filings procedures implemented by state insurance departments was sent to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) membership. This survey was conducted in...
Apr 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America is endorsing a House proposal that would empower state insurance commissioners and all financial regulators to better coordinate the fight against financial fraud, says IIAA...
Apr 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), announced that Robert A. Rusbuldt is the new CEO of the association. Rusbuldt succeeds Paul A. Equale, who is leaving IIAA to focus on his role as chairman of the...
Apr 9 2001 // In the summer of 2000, a survey on rate and form filings procedures implemented by state insurance departments was sent to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) membership. This survey was conducted in...
Apr 2 2001 // It’s been 10 years since legislation revamp the Texas workers’ comp system. Most insurers, regulators and legislators agree that the system has improved dramatically, but they also say there is still room for...
Apr 2 2001 // To the relief of employers and insurers, Congress overturned the ergonomic regulations adopted by OSHA last year.Despite all the caterwauling about the ergonomic regulations adopted by OSHA in November 2000, I think they...
Apr 2 2001 // Independent agents are hailing the finality of freeing small businesses from costly federal ergonomics rules following President Bush’s signing of a measure to repeal them, said Independent Insurance Agents of...
Mar 30 2001 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has signed an agreement to exchange a broad array of information with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.The OCC is the federal regulator of 2,600 national banks and 66...
Mar 28 2001 // A joint letter from the Treasury and Commerce Departments to John Mogg, European Commission Director General for the Internal Market, has re-ignited the controversy between the U.S. and the EU over privacy regulations. The...
Mar 26 2001 // The Western world is haunted by the specter of the German government killing millions upon millions of Jews (and others) in concentration camps. I couldn’t sleep when I first saw the pictures in the 1950s. My...
Mar 26 2001 // Three months into the new year, the picture for the California workers’ comp market is not pretty, and it’s likely to get worse. Developments in recent weeks-including lowered ratings, carrier losses, declining...
Mar 26 2001 // To the relief of employers and insurers, Congress overturned the ergonomic regulations adopted by OSHA last year.Despite all the caterwauling about the ergonomic regulations adopted by OSHA in November 2000, I think they...
Mar 22 2001 // Independent agents are hailing the finality of freeing small businesses from costly federal ergonomics rules following President Bush’s signing of a measure to repeal them, says Independent Insurance Agents of...
Mar 22 2001 // The Delaware Chancery Court issued an opinion yesterday in the pending litigation between Halliburton and its Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. subsidiary and Highlands Insurance Group, Inc.The Court ruled that all of the...
Mar 12 2001 // A new round of controversy over actions taken by former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush has been triggered by articles recently published in the Los Angeles Times.The strongest of the allegations...
Mar 7 2001 // Independent Insurance Agents of America State Government Affairs Committee chairman Ronald A. Smith, testifying at a joint hearing of the Oversight & Investigations and Financial Institutions subcommittees, called on...
Mar 5 2001 // The media reports have died down since the Feb. 6 ruling that the United States was in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement by disallowing Mexican trucks free access to American roadways. The work has just...