Latest AIA Headlines
All the headlines from our AIA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
INSURERS’ RIGHT TO CHOOSE:
Jul 19 2004 // A July 2, 2004 Texas Supreme Court decision will preserve insurers’ ability to properly manage the settlement and defense of insurance claims under liability insurance policies, according to the American Insurance...
AIA SAYS WORK COMP REFORMS PRODUCE AVERAGE 26 PERCENT RATE SHIFT:
Jul 19 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that recently enacted reform legislation passed in 2003 and this past spring has prompted a 26 percent swing in average workers’ compensation rates. A survey...
IRS Backs ‘Tax Exempt’ Status for La. Insurer of Last Resort, Says AIA
Jul 15 2004 // The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the state’s insurer of last resort, received IRS approval for status as a “tax exempt” organization, according to the American Insurance Association...
AIA Responds to Senate Class Action Vote
Jul 9 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued the following statement on Friday following the Senate’s vote on class action reform: “It is tremendously disappointing that partisan wrangling and election-year...
AIA: Momentum Reportedly Growing to Extend Terrorism Insurance Law
Jul 8 2004 // New legislation authored by several House Democrats to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) demonstrates strong, bipartisan congressional support for keeping TRIA’s temporary, yet vital, economic...
Texas Supreme Court Preserves Insurers’ Right to Choose Defense Counsel
Jul 8 2004 // A new Texas Supreme Court decision will preserve insurers’ ability to properly manage the settlement and defense of insurance claims under liability insurance policies, according to the American Insurance Association...
AIA: California Work Comp Reforms Produce Average 26 Percent Rate Shift
Jul 7 2004 // The American Insurance Association announced that recently enacted reform legislation passed in 2003 and this past spring has prompted a 26 percent swing in average workers’ compensation rates. Conducted by AIA, a...
AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
AIA Urges Senate to Complete Work on Long Overdue Major Legal Reform
Jul 6 2004 // The Senate can help end years of well-documented abuses of the U.S. judicial system this week by passing the Class Action Fairness Act, the American Insurance Association said today. “This is long overdue,...
AIA Applauds Pa. Key Guaranty Fund Reform
Jul 6 2004 // A new law signed last week by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell marks the successful conclusion of a multi-year effort to fix problems arising from the Reliance Insurance Company insolvency, according to the American...
N.Y. Passes AIA-Backed Scoring Bill
Jun 24 2004 // The New York State Legislature has approved a bill (S.5618D/A.4754D) that will regulate the use of credit-based insurance scores in a fair and reasonable manner, according to the American Insurance...
Insurer Groups Laud Congressional Effort to Extend TRIA
Jun 23 2004 // At a press conference on Tuesday, four members of the House of Representatives introduced a bill extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA). Both the American Insurance Association and the National Association of...
PCI, AIA Laud Treasury Extension of TRIA Availability; Urge Further Action to Extend Statute
Jun 21 2004 // Both the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association issued bulletins lauding the Treasury Department’s action in extending the availability provisions of the Terrorism...
AIA Urges NAIC to Make No Substantive Changes to NCOIL Model Market Conduct Law
Jun 14 2004 // The American Insurance Association has urged the National Association of Insurance Commissioners not to make any substantive changes to the Market Conduct Surveillance Model Law developed by the National Conference of...
People and Places
Jun 7 2004 // Bill Brennan Mark Nash Travis Trask Bill Brennan, Mark Nash and Travis Trask have become principals of San Diego-based Barney & Barney. Brennan began his career with Barney & Barney in 1996. Since then, he has...
AIA Applauds Favorable Court Decisions Regarding Workers’ Comp in Texas
Jun 4 2004 // Recent, favorable appellate and Texas Supreme Court decisions related to medical fee guidelines in the workers’ compensation system were applauded Thursday by the American Insurance Association (AIA). A Texas...
AIA Commends Passage of Miss. Tort Reform Bill
Jun 3 2004 // On Thursday, the Mississippi House of Representatives voted 76-38 to concur with the Senate-passed version of HB 13, comprehensive tort reform legislation that should bring stability and predictability back to the...
AIA Issues Statement Regarding California Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rates
Jun 1 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued a statement in response to California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s announcement of his pure premium advisory rate recommendation of 20.9 percent; the...
AIA Praises Passage of Oklahoma Rating Bill
Jun 1 2004 // The American Insurance Association lauded the Oklahoma Legislature’s approval of what the AIA called “a landmark rating bill,” which institutes a file and use system for all lines of insurance except...
Vermont Gov. Douglas Signs Law Amending WC Filing Limit and Requiring Medical Fee Schedule
May 28 2004 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas (R) has signed important workers’ compensation reform legislation (H. 632) supported by the insurance industry including the American Insurance Association (AIA). The new law reduces the...
