Latest AIA Headlines
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AIA Chooses Top Gephardt Aide to be VP, Federal Affairs
Jan 10 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has appointed Moses Mercado, deputy chief of staff to former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt, as vice president, federal affairs. Mercado becomes a key player in...
AIA Welcomes New Colo. Ins. Commissioner
Jan 8 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) welcomed former Speaker of the House Doug Dean as commissioner of the Colorado Department of Insurance. “AIA and its member companies look forward to working with Speaker Dean...
Class Action Settlements Need Finality, AIA Urges High Court
Dec 23 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that would allow settlements of class action lawsuits to be challenged even after appeals courts upheld the...
AIA Names Northeast VP, Lauds New Vt. Commissioner
Dec 17 2002 // AIA Names Northeast VP, Lauds New Vt. Commissioner The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced the appointment of a new assistant vice president, northeast region and welcomed the commissioner-designate of the the...
AIA Study Says Asbestos Costs Companies $275 Billion
Dec 13 2002 // A recent study commissioned by the American Insurance Association asserts that asbestos lawsuits have cost U.S. businesses $275 billion and between 52,000 and 60,000 citizens their jobs, according to the Bloomberg...
AIA Says Credit Scoring Expands Consumer Choice, Makes Pricing More Accurate
Dec 13 2002 // Credit-based insurance scoring has expanded choice in the marketplace for consumers and allowed insurers to more accurately price their products, the American Insurance Association (AIA) told a group of state legislators...
AIA Calls on MN Commerce Dept. to Rescind Credit Scoring Regs.
Dec 12 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers called on the Minnesota Department of Commerce to rescind regulations contained in a series of recently issued documents setting forth procedures and filing instructions for companies...
AIA Pleased by Formation of New NAIC Working Group on Class Action
Dec 11 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, newly elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), reported during a meeting of the Consumer Protection Working Group that the NAIC will...
AIA Applauds Passage of Miss. Tort Reform Measure
Nov 27 2002 // The Mississippi State Legislature enacted compromise legislation facilitating compromise tort reform, a move hailed by the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Legislators clearly understood that a healthy business...
AIA Names Northeast Region VP
Nov 19 2002 // The American Insurance Associatin (AIA) announced the appointment of Paul Moran as regional vice president, northeast region. Moran will manage the seven-state region which includes New York and the New England states. He...
FIC’s Pearce to Head AIA Southeast Region
Oct 22 2002 // The American Insurance Association announced the appointment of Cecil Pearce to the position of regional vice president, southeast region. Pearce will head up AIA’s southeast region overseeing all state government...
AIA Names Mid-Atlantic Region Executive
Oct 22 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today welcomed Tammy Velasquez as assistant vice president of its mid-Atlantic region. Velasquez comes to AIA from the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation (DISR) in...
AIA Warns N.Y. Assembly of Unlimited Terror Risk
Oct 17 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the New York State Assembly Insurance Committee that terrorism risk is unlimited, and therefore cannot be covered by the private insurance market, arguing for the...
AIA Supports Texas’ Development of Stopgap Residual Market
Oct 11 2002 // Given the increasingly complex situation created by Farmers Insurance Group’s recent announcement to leave the Texas homeowners insurance market, the American Insurance Association (AIA) supports the efforts of the...
AIA Applauds N.J. Tort Reform Bill
Oct 3 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded a bill introduced by New Jersey State Senator Joe Kyrillos Jr. that would establish caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice liability suits. “The...
Calif. Legislative Bills Make Dash for the Finish Line
Sep 30 2002 // The 2002 California legislative session came to an end recently, with a flurry of industry-related bills shuffling through the mix. Many new laws and measures were introduced this year by state lawmakers regarding...
AIA Opposing Calif. Regulation on Proof-of-Insurance Cards
Sep 27 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (Department) lacks the statutory authority to mandate a single format for proof-of-insurance cards, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA formally expressed its...
AIA Hires Quigley as Political Director
Sep 19 2002 // Joe Quigley, a veteran fundraiser in Washington over the past decade, is the American Insurance Association’s new political director. Quigley will oversee AIA’s political action committee and direct its...
AIA Supports Improvements in NAIC Plan to Study Market Conditions
Sep 18 2002 // A key committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has agreed to expand its review of property/casualty insurance market conditions to include an analysis of the root causes of those conditions,...
AIA Urges Calif. Gov. to Approve Measure Giving Builders the Right to Repair Construction Defects
Sep 18 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is calling upon Gov. Gray Davis (D) to sign a measure that will give California builders the right to repair construction defects. AIA says this measure will reduce the number of...
