All the headlines from our Politics Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2003 // New York State Senator Kemp Hannon minced no words in his testimony today before the U.S. House Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.“For more than...
Oct 30 2003 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) this week applauded action by the Senate to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and called on the House of Representatives to quickly...
Oct 30 2003 // The Senate this week passed by unanimous consent agreement S. 1768, the “National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2004.” The bill, introduced by Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) and Senator Richard...
Oct 24 2003 // By a count of 59-39 – one short of the 60 votes necessary – members of the Senate this week blocked efforts to end a filibuster on S. 1751, “The Class Action Fairness Act of 2003.”As written, the...
Oct 23 2003 // There is a vital role for Congress to play in reforming the state insurance regulatory system, but such an effort need not replace or duplicate at the federal level what is already in place at the state level, the...
Sep 24 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers welcomed the Sept. 23 hearing by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution related to excessive punitive damage awards in civil suits.In April, the United...
Sep 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that the North Carolina Senate approved a medical malpractice bill that the association believes falls short of the goal of comprehensive medical liability reform. S. 802...
Aug 4 2003 // The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing July 31 to address measures to enhance the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Hon. John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury, testified that...
Jul 10 2003 // The Senate Republican leadership tried to revive medical liability reform legislation in the Senate on Wednesday, but Democrats reportedly blocked consideration of The Patients First Act of 2003 (S. 11) by a vote of 49-48....
Jul 7 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the state Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help ensure agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance company...
Jun 25 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the State Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help to ensure that agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance...
Jun 23 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York has issued a bulletin commenting on the effects of legislation passed by the state’s Senate as it ended its spring session last week. The Assembly remains in session to...
Jun 19 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell on Wednesday commended the Pennsylvania Senate for confirming M. Diane Koken as Commissioner of the Insurance Department. The confirmation marks the third consecutive confirmation of...
Jun 13 2003 // The Ohio Senate passed a litigation reform measure that will reportedly stem the tide of economic damage caused by out-of-control jury verdicts and other abuses of the tort system, according to a statement released by the...
Jun 12 2003 // Pennsylvania Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) issued a statement applauding the State’s House of Representatives “for their recent and much-needed passage of legislation to amend Pennsylvania’s...
May 29 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers praised the New Hampshire Senate on passing H.B. 684, an insurance regulatory modernization bill that the NAII said “will make it easier for insurers and consumers to...
May 23 2003 // Personal Injury Protection (PIP) legislation may not be dead after all in Florida, as the Florida Senate approved a PIP package supported by an unlikely alliance including Florida Insurance Council, personal injury lawyers...
May 20 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has roundly approved the recent action by the New Jersey Senate in passing a bill that will bring the state in line with the rest of the country by eliminating a requirement...
May 20 2003 // The Texas Senate announced it approved Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill (CSHB) 4, which is aimed at ending what some Senators call lawsuit abuse.Mount Pleasant Senator Bill Ratliff said the bill strikes a fair...
May 16 2003 // A bill that would protect agent’s ownership of their expirations, initiated by the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, has been released in a unanimous vote by the State’ Senate’s Commerce...