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AIA Urges Stronger Safety and Security for Cross-Border Trucking
Oct 19 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged delegates from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. meeting in Ottawa under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to adopt and enforce more rigorous cross-border trucking...
Insurance Leaders Meet with President Bush to Discuss State of Industry
Sep 25 2001 // In a recent White House meeting, Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt and other industry leaders reassured President Bush that insurance agents and companies are well-positioned to handle...
Davis Signs Bill to Protect Solvency of Workers’ Comp Insurance Guarantee Fund
Sep 17 2001 // California Governor Gray Davis has signed legislation to raise the assessments on workers’ compensation insurers and protect an important safety net for injured workers, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
AIA Applauds Passage of Bill Protecting Important Safety Net for Injured Workers
Sep 10 2001 // The California State Senate and Assembly voted to approve a measure that will raise the surcharge on workers’ compensation insurance premiums to protect the solvency of the workers’ compensation account within...
Fear of the Unknown–The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers (Part II) By Catherine Tapia
Sep 10 2001 // By Catherine Tapia This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims, which continues its exploration of specific mold-related lawsuits in California: determining...
Fear of the Unknown-The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers
Sep 10 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. See IJ, Aug. 27, 2001, for Part I. Part II Determining causation A major aspect of the ongoing...
Bill to Increase Workers’ Comp Benefits Doesn’t Solve System’s Problems, AIA Says
Sep 7 2001 // A bill approved by the California State Assembly does not go far enough to balance benefit increases with cost-saving reforms to California’s workers’ compensation system, according to the American Insurance...
AIA Proposes New Tax Incentives to Bring Jobs To Colorado
Aug 29 2001 // On Aug. 24, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Colorado Commission on Taxation, urging the group to consider a proposal that would provide insurers with a credit against premium taxes for...
AIA Comments on Legislative ‘Highlights’ of Calif. Session’s Final Weeks
Aug 27 2001 // As the West Coast heads into the “dog days of summer,” the California Legislature commenced the final four weeks of its 2001 session on Aug. 20. To mark the occasion, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
AIA Defends California’s Competitive Rate Law
Aug 23 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low’s call for legislative changes to California’s competitive rate law is unwarranted, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA’s analysis shows...
San Diego Judge Finds ed-Light Cameras Constitutional
Aug 21 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Styn for his recent decision to uphold the use of video cameras to catch red-light runners. AIA cautioned opponents of red-light...
AIA Warns Established Commercial Contract Language is at Risk
Aug 15 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), a policyholder’s attempt to transform a commercial property insurance policy’s condition of coverage language into a grant of coverage for defective...
AIA Says OSHA Ergonomics Standard-Setting in Absence of Crucial Information Would Be Absurd August
Aug 13 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has joined the National Coalition on Ergonomics in submitting comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), urging the federal agency to base examination of...
AIA to Host Mold Seminar
Aug 10 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that it will host a November seminar in Washington to address the emerging issue of mold. The seminar, to be held November 8 and 9, 2001 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel,...
AIA Disagrees with NY Assembly’s Refusal to Extend Insurance Laws
Aug 9 2001 // The New York State Assembly’s decision to allow crucial sections of the state insurance law to expire is bad news for consumers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). These actions cancel the few...
Trade Associations React to AIA’s Support of Federal Chartering
Aug 6 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers, the NAII and the NAMIC are among industry trade associations that have publicly reacted to the American Insurance Association’s (AIA) endorsement of an optional federal chartering...
American Insurance Association Unveils New Brand
Aug 6 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has unveiled a new brand identity. AIA, an advocacy group for the property and casualty insurance industry, has been in existence for over 130 years — one of the longest...
The Edge of the Regulatory Thicket
Aug 6 2001 // The American Insurance Association’s support of a draft proposal for an optional federal charter for p/c insurance companies has once more taken the industry to the edge of the regulatory thicket. The AIA position,...
AIA’s Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Plan Prompts Flurry of Responses from Associations
Jul 30 2001 // In an announcement released July 17, the American Insurance Association (AIA) Board of Directors stated that it has formally endorsed draft legislation that would establish an optional federal chartering structure designed...
American Insurance Association Unveils
Jul 24 2001 // The Washington, D.C.-based American Insurance Association (AIA) unveiled a new brand identity. AIA, an advocacy group in the property and casualty insurance industry, is one of the longest continuously operating national...
