Latest AIA Headlines
All the headlines from our AIA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People – West
Feb 23 2015 // Property/casualty insurance media company Wells Media Group announced four C-suite and managerial staff promotions. Julie Tinney now serves as chief marketing officer, Josh Carlson has been promoted to chief technology...
Heading a National Ridesharing Outline a Political Gain for Jones?
Feb 23 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example. Whether the National...
AIA Names Day Vice President For State Affairs in West
Feb 11 2015 // The American Insurance Association has named Jay F. Day vice president of state affairs for the Western region. The appointment is effective March 9. Day, who will join AIA’s Assistant Vice President Steve Suchil in...
Heading a National Ridesharing Outline a Political Gain for Jones?
Feb 4 2015 // A committee of regulators led by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is working on standards on ridesharing that departments of insurance in states across the U.S. can look to as an example. Whether the National...
People – East
Dec 15 2014 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi has stepped down from his post to join a New York-based global investment banking advisory firm. Leonardi, who led the Connecticut Insurance Department for nearly four...
AIA Hires Cooper as VP for State Affairs, Northeast Region
Dec 2 2014 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has hired Alison Cooper as vice president for state affairs, Northeast region, effective January 2015. Cooper, who currently serves as director of the Senate Insurance Committee in...
Insurers Win Case to Kill HUD Disparate Impact Rule
Nov 3 2014 // Property/casualty insurer trade groups won a court victory Monday when a federal judge ruled in their favor that the U.S. Fair Housing Act does not prohibit housing practices including the pricing of homeowners insurance...
AIA Group’s New Business Growth Up 23%
Oct 17 2014 // AIA Group Ltd., the second-largest insurer by market value based in Asia, posted a higher-than- expected value of new business growth of 23 percent in the third quarter, aided by expansion in its largest markets. The...
AIA First-Half New Business Value Rises 23%, Led by China
Jul 25 2014 // AIA Group Ltd., the second-largest Asia-based insurer, posted a 23 percent increase in new business value in the first half, beating analyst estimates and exceeding the full-year figure for 2010 when it went public. The...
AIA Endorses (TiSA) Agreement Negotiations; Supports Energy Coverage Inclusion
Jun 20 2014 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has endorsed the negotiations underway in Geneva for the adoption of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) initiative, as the PCI recently did. In a letter to Ambassador Michael...
Wise Joins AIA Federal Affairs Team
Jun 4 2014 // Amanda Greenwold Wise will assume the position of vice president and chief counsel for federal affairs for the American Insurance Association (AIA), the Washington, D.C. trade group said. Wise joins AIA from the law firm...
People – West
Mar 10 2014 // The Leavitt Group has hired Jim Lineweaver, a client advisor, in its Tacoma, Wash., office. Lineweaver has 25 years of insurance experience. He specializes in large manufacturing risks, forest products, transportation,...
AIA Western Region Vice President Marjorie Berte To Retire
Feb 18 2014 // Marjorie Berte, vice president for state affairs for the American Insurance Association’s Western region on Tuesday announced plans to retire on March 31 Berte joined AIA in January 2011, and has been responsible for...
Vermont’s New Law Seeks to Attract Runoff Businesses
Feb 18 2014 // A new law in Vermont would soon authorize the state to license and regulate specialized Vermont-based companies whose only purpose would be to assume and manage closed blocks of non-admitted commercial insurance policies...
AIA Testifies on Challenges to U.S. Insurers in India
Feb 18 2014 // Stephen Simchak, director of international affairs for the American Insurance Association (AIA), testified about trade and investment barriers that U.S. property-casualty insurers face in India at a public hearing before...
Industry Groups Applaud N.Y. Gov.’s Initiative to Crack Down on Auto Fraud
Jan 22 2014 // Insurance associations are applauding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for a multi-pronged approach to combating auto insurance fraud. The initiative was outlined in the 2014–2015 executive budget proposal...
AIA Supports Curbing Physician-Dispensed Medications in Penn. WC System
Dec 6 2013 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) submitted a statement Wednesday to the Pennsylvania House Labor Committee, in support of state legislation aimed at controlling costs associated with physician dispensing of...
Hong Kong’s Li to Tap ex-AIA Deputy as New Insurance CEO: Sources
Aug 16 2013 // Hong Kong businessman Richard Li, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man, will appoint a former top executive at AIA Group Ltd as the CEO of his new insurance company, according to people with direct knowledge of the...
People – South Central
Aug 5 2013 // The Insurance Council of Texas presented Ron Cobb, counsel to the American Insurance Association (AIA), with its Raymond Mauk Leadership Award. The award is the ICT’s highest honor and is intended to bestow...
Insurers, Customers Were Kept Safe from 2008 Financial Crisis: GAO Report
Jul 30 2013 // At a time when efforts are underway to require additional supervision of some large insurers, a new government report concludes that the insurance industry’s own practices and the policies of state and federal...
