Latest AIA Headlines
All the headlines from our AIA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Welcomes Hoch As Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation
Apr 27 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) welcomed the April 26 appointment of Andrea Hoch as director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) announced his...
AIA Praises New Labor Regulations
Apr 21 2004 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin supporting The U.S. Labor Department’s update of overtime regulations. The AIA said it expects the new rules “will help end needless litigation, as well...
AIA Says No to Calif. Rate Regulation
Apr 16 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Thursday issued a statement in response to the introduction of ABX4 16. This measure would reportedly impose a new rate regulation scheme on workers’ compensation carriers...
Workers’ Comp Reform Legislation Will Bring Stability and Fairness into System, Says AIA
Apr 16 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today issued a statement in response to the California State Legislature’s approval of SB 899 Poochigian (D-Fresno). According to Nicole Mahrt, director of Public Affairs for...
GOP Introduces Asbestos Litigation Reform in U.S. Senate
Apr 8 2004 // Asbestos litigation reform legislation introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) represents a significant step forward in the effort to...
N.C. Supreme Court Upholds Punitive Damages Cap
Apr 7 2004 // The North Carolina Supreme Court has reaffirmed the constitutionality of the state’s law capping punitive damages, a decision that maintains the certainty and predictability of North Carolina’s judicial system,...
AIA OPPOSES LEGISLATION TO BAN USE OF CREDIT-BASED INSURANCE SCORES IN COLO.:
Apr 5 2004 // A proposal to ban use of credit-based insurance scores (HB 1292) would do severe harm to, and cause unintended consequences for, Colorado consumers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Removing...
Ga. Set to Repeal Workers’ Comp Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
Apr 2 2004 // The Georgia Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the governor legislation eliminating the reported outdated and costly state-sponsored workers’ compensation Subsequent Injury Trust Fund (SITF). H.B. 1579, introduced...
AIA Opposes Legislation to Ban Use of Credit-based Insurance Scores in Colo.
Mar 23 2004 // A proposal to ban use of credit-based insurance scores (HB 1292) would do severe harm to, and cause unintended consequences for, Colorado consumers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Removing...
Credit-Based Scoring Tops AIA Agenda at Spring NAIC Gathering in New York City
Mar 12 2004 // The issue of credit-based insurance scoring will once again reportedly be the subject of much discussion and attention during the spring meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in New York,...
Gibson Appointed Vice President of AIA Western Region
Mar 11 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced today that Kenneth L. Gibson has been appointed vice president of the association’s Western region, based in Sacramento. Gibson will oversee all of AIA’s state...
AIA Opposes Mass. Bill on Credit Scoring
Mar 10 2004 // The American Insurance Association joined the PCI (See IJ Website Mar.9) in announcing its opposition to a Massachusetts bill (SB 2093) that would ban the use of credit-based insurance scores. The AIA said passage of the...
Georgia Legislature Gives Checkup to Reform Bills
Mar 8 2004 // The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform. “We commend the...
NATIONAL SEAT BELT WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES, AIA SAYS:
Mar 8 2004 // Congress could help save thousands of lives by passing the National Highway Safety Act (S. 1993), according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The legislation would require all states to pass a primary seat belt...
AIA Addresses Actions Taken by State Commissioners’ Working Group on Credit Scoring Use
Mar 5 2004 // According to the Washington, D.C. office of the American Insurance Association (AIA), a state insurance regulator’s working group is being pressured by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to...
PCI, AIA Oppose Mass. Bill Requiring Insurers to Report to Tax Authorities
Mar 4 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have both gone on record as opposed to a bill being considered by the Joint Committee on Taxation that places insurers in the...
S.C. House Leadership Drops Plan to Divert Millions From Second Injury Fund
Mar 4 2004 // In a move supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), South Carolina House leaders earlier this week decided against appropriating $40 million from the state workers’ compensation Second Injury Fund (SIF)...
AIA Notes N.H. Adoption of New Credit Rule
Mar 3 2004 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has finalized a rule on credit-based insurance scores (INS 3300) “that balances consumer protections...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
AIA Says Calif. Applicant Attorneys’ Deceptive Claims About Insurer Profits is Pure Spin
Feb 27 2004 // As the California legislature prepares to act on Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed overhaul of the state’s expensive, dysfunctional workers’ compensation system, the special interest group with the most...
