Latest AIA Headlines
All the headlines from our AIA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA OPPOSES CALIF. BILL TO LIMIT HOME INVENTORIES:
Jun 6 2005 // A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will invite padding of claims and raise costs for all...
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Jun 6 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Workers Comp Rates Up 3%: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in...
Thomson West, AIA Partner
Jun 3 2005 // Minnesota-based Thomson West and the American Insurance Association (AIA) announced a new partnership that will reportedly give AIA and its members valuable resources, educational opportunities and faster access to...
AIA Backs U.S. Trade Negotiators for Advancing Export, Trade Initiatives at the WTO
Jun 3 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Friday strongly endorsed crucial steps taken by U.S. trade negotiators that will open global insurance markets and improve insurance regulation in many countries. “The...
AIA Comments on Calif. Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease; Bill to Regulate Rates
Jun 2 2005 // A day after the California Senate gave the go-ahead for a bill to regulate workers’ compensation rates, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) has recommended that insurers base premiums on a decreased pure...
AIA Calls for Better Coordination of Insurance Department Investigations
Jun 1 2005 // The American Insurance Association is urging state insurance regulators to change what is describes as their chaotic and costly approach of individual states issuing investigative subpoenas whenever an insurer comes under...
AIA Strongly Disagrees With Florida Circuit Court Ruling
May 27 2005 // The American Insurance Association strongly disagrees with yesterday’s Florida Circuit Court ruling confirming the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2004 decision in Mierzwa v. Florida Windstorm Underwriting...
AIA Opposes California Bill to Limit Home Inventories
May 26 2005 // A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will invite padding of claims and raise costs for all...
AIA Praises Veto of Maryland Bill Involving Surety Bonds
May 24 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday praised Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) for vetoing legislation that would have reportedly set bad public policy for the state. SB 324 would have exposed the state of...
AIA Testifies at N.Y. Security Breach Hearing; Steps Taken for Customers
May 24 2005 // Any new laws to prevent identity theft and mandate notification of data security breaches need to be uniform and consistent with procedures in other states, and flexible enough to allow compliance, said the American...
Garamendi Accuses Insurance Industry of Racial Discrimination
May 23 2005 // Two associations have responded to Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent accusations that the insurance industry’s rating practices are “blatantly discriminatory” and based on ethnicity....
Garamendi Accuses Insurance Industry of Racial Discrimination
May 23 2005 // Two associations have responded to Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent accusations that the insurance industry’s rating practices are “blatantly discriminatory” and based on ethnicity....
AIA Commends Senators’ Sponsorship of Federal Teen Driver Licensing Bill
May 23 2005 // The American Insurance Association commended Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut) and Sen. John Warner (R-Virginia) for their sponsorship of S. 795, the National Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Incentive Grant Program. A...
Garamendi Accuses Insurance Industry of Racial Discrimination
May 23 2005 // Two associations have responded to Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent accusations that the insurance industry’s rating practices are “blatantly discriminatory” and based on ethnicity....
Insurers Dispute Study of Ill. Courthouse Med-Mal Data
May 22 2005 // Court statistics were improperly used in a study released last week that concluded the Illinois tort system is not the cause of medical malpractice premium increases, according to the American Insurance...
AIA: Texas Med-Mal Reforms Showing Excellent Results
May 18 2005 // Recent news from the American Medical Association offered more evidence that the medical malpractice insurance reforms that took effect in Texas in 2003, are working, the American Insurance Association announced. The...
AIA Tips Hat to Senate for Approving Bill to Improve Highway Safety
May 18 2005 // While the U.S. Senate approved its version of the “Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users” (TEA LU) by a wide margin, the American Insurance Association (AIA) will reportedly continue fighting for a...
AIA: Ariz. Legislature Passes Important Terrorism Exclusion, Med-Mal Liability
May 18 2005 // During the recently concluded Arizona legislative session, property/casualty insurers successfully lobbied for exclusion from insurance coverage of damage caused by terrorism, and also for medical malpractice liability...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Conference Report Raises Concerns
May 17 2005 // A workers’ compensation conference report approved during a special session of the Alaska Senate includes several new issues that raise a red flag for insurers and employers, says the American Insurance Association...
AIA: Massachusetts Drivers Need a Competitive Auto Insurance Market
May 16 2005 // An auto insurance market where companies can compete on the prices charged and the products provided would benefit Massachusetts drivers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA testified Monday at the...
