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House panel votes to add wind to flood program

Aug 6 2007 // Private insurance companies are balking at a decision by a key House panel to expand the federal flood insurance program to include wind coverage. The House Financial Services Committee voted late last month to add wind...

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Aug 6 2007 // House panel votes to add wind to flood program Private insurance companies are balking at a decision by a key House panel to expand the federal flood insurance program to include wind coverage. The House Financial Services...

Insurers Balk as House Panel Votes to Add Wind Coverage to Flood Program

Jul 27 2007 // Private insurance companies are balking at a decision by a key House panel to expand the federal flood insurance program to include wind coverage. The House Financial Services Committee voted yesterday to add wind coverage...

Of wind and floods

Jul 23 2007 // Is there a place for windstorm coverage in the National Flood Insurance Program? Not according to three major trade groups representing insurance companies — they have officially taken a stand against proposals to...

Of wind and floods

Jul 23 2007 // Is there a place for windstorm coverage in the National Flood Insurance Program? Not according to three major trade groups representing insurance companies — they have officially taken a stand against proposals to...

Editor’s Note: Of wind and floods

Jul 23 2007 // Is there a place for windstorm coverage in the National Flood Insurance Program? Not according to three major trade groups representing insurance companies — they have officially taken a stand against proposals to...

Editor’s Note: Of wind and floods

Jul 23 2007 // Whether or not H.R. 920 is successfully passed, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the federal government is taking notice of the problems certain areas of the country face with regard to windstorm insurance. Is...

Insurance Group Urges Defeat of Wis. Auto Repair Shop Legislation

Jul 11 2007 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged Wisconsin legislators to reject two bills that would make it illegal for insurers to provide their customers valuable information after a car accident. “These...

Industry Supports Terror Bill But Not All Agree with NBCR Mandate

Jun 26 2007 // At a June 21 congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., insurance industry group representatives generally spoke in favor of a bill that would extend the federal backstop for terrorism insurance coverage for another 10...

Alabama lawmakers raise auto insurance limits, but delay legislation for statewide building code

Jun 18 2007 // The Alabama Legislature adjourned after giving final approval to a key insurance measure that will increase the state’s auto liability minimum limits from 20/40/10 to 25/50/25. Legislators deferred to the 2008...

Ala. Legislature Approves Auto Insurance Hikes, Defers Building Code

Jun 8 2007 // The Alabama Legislature adjourned yesterday after giving final approval to a key insurance measure that will increase the state’s auto liability minimum limits from 20/40/10 to 25/50/25. Legislators deferred to the...

Insurers Urge S.C. Senate to Accept House Version of Workers’ Comp Bill

May 17 2007 // The South Carolina House of Representatives unanimously approved a workers’ compensation reform measure that is stronger than the version passed last month by the Senate, according to the American Insurance...

Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...

Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...

Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...

Congress should consider ‘guiding principles’ for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...

Congress should consider ‘guiding principles’ for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...

Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA

May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism and the American Insurance Association jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress as it...

White House Staffer Rethmeier Joins Insurer Trade Group, AIA

May 4 2007 // Blain K. Rethmeier has joined the American Insurance Association (AIA) as senior vice president for public affairs. Rethmeier joins the AIA from the White House where he served as special assistant to President Bush for...

Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition

Apr 9 2007 // Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has recommended...