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Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State
Jan 12 2004 // Problems and states come in all different shapes and sizes. For the insurance industry, keeping an eye on tort reform in Mississippi has been an item of importance in recent years. For the American Insurance Associ-ation...
TORT REFORM ASSOCIATION CALLS W. VA. A ‘JUDICIAL HELLHOLE’:
Jan 12 2004 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “judicial hellhole” in their recently released report, Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes 2003. The designation...
AIA Midwest Gets New PR Chief
Jan 7 2004 // The American Insurance Association today announced that Jeffrey L. Junkas has joined the organization as director of public affairs for the Midwest region. Junkas will be responsible for media relations, strategic planning...
Tort Reform Association Calls W.Va. a “Judicial Hellhole”
Dec 22 2003 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “Judicial Hellhole” in their recently released report, “Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes™...
AIA Praises Central American Free Trade Agreement
Dec 19 2003 // The American Insurance Association noted that a new free trade agreement with Central American nations, which is expected to be presented to Congress early next year, “will encourage economic growth and help U.S....
AIA Says 2002 Rise in U.S. Tort Costs Reinforces Need for Civil Justice Reform
Dec 18 2003 // The recent release of Tillinghast – Towers Perrin’s study of 2002 U.S. tort costs finds total system costs totaling $233 billion, up 13.3 percent from 2001, further reinforcing the need for additional,...
Conference Sure of Firm Market, Uncertain About Future of Regulation
Dec 15 2003 // Except for the future of insurance regulation, there was surprising unanimity on leading issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry among both panelists and guests at the Fifteenth Annual Executive...
Conference Sure of Firm Market, Uncertain About Future of Regulation
Dec 15 2003 // Except for the future of insurance regulation, there was surprising unanimity on leading issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry among both panelists and guests at the Fifteenth Annual Executive...
AIA, PIANJ, IIANJ Applaud N.J. Senate’s Rejection of “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 8 2003 // Following a hearing, at which numerous industry representatives testified (See IJ Web site Dec.5), the New Jersey Senate on Friday, in a 5 to 1 vote, refused to send S-2533, the “verbal threshold” bill to the...
Insurers are Passing Along Savings Generated By Workers’ Comp Medical Reforms, AIA Says
Dec 5 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued the following statement by Mark Sektnan, AIA assistant vice president, western region, in response to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s (D) report analyzing the...
NAII, Alliance, AIA Unanimous in Opposing N.J. “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 5 2003 // Representatives of the National Association of Independent Insurers, the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association voiced unanimous opposition to changes in New Jersey’s “verbal...
AIA Says Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Need More Work
Dec 2 2003 // Recently passed workers’ compensation reforms should reduce costs for California employers, but “now is the time to finish the job and completely fix what has become the most expensive, dysfunctional...
USE OF STAFF COUNSEL UPHELD:
Dec 1 2003 // A Texas appellate court confirmed the right of insurers to defend their customers with staff attorneys, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The insurance trade group, said in the case of American Home...
Texas Appeals Court Upholds Use of Staff Counsel
Nov 11 2003 // A Texas appellate court confirmed the right of insurers to defend their customers with staff attorneys, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The insurance trade group said in American Home &...
NAII, Alliance Aim to Merge by Jan. 1
Nov 3 2003 // Two of the nation’s largest property/casualty trade groups are in negotiations to merge and hope to finalize the arrangement before the big ball makes its final descent on Times Square this year. The National...
NAII, Alliance Aim to Merge by Jan. 1
Nov 3 2003 // Two of the nation’s largest property/casualty trade groups are in negotiations to merge and hope to finalize the arrangement before the big ball makes its final descent on Times Square this year. The National...
AIA Welcomes New Ariz. Director of Insurance
Oct 28 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) welcomed Christina Urias to the Arizona Department of Insurance. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (D) announced the appointment of the department’s new director on Oct....
N.Y. Assembly Credit Scoring Panel Hears Views of PIANY, Alliance, AIA
Oct 23 2003 // New York legislators yesterday heard T.J. Derella, President of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.; Richard Stokes, Northeast Regional Manager of the Alliance of American Insurers, and David Snyder,...
AIA Finds N.H. Privacy Rule Consistent with GLBA
Sep 29 2003 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin which indicates that New Hampshire’s adoption of Rule INS 3701.01, implementing regulations for safeguarding customer under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is...
AIA: NC. Senate Med-Mal Bill Lacking
Sep 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that the North Carolina Senate approved a medical malpractice bill that the association believes falls short of the goal of comprehensive medical liability reform. S. 802...
