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AIA Says N.Y. No-Fault Auto Reform Won’t Work
Mar 5 2003 // The New York State Assembly Majority’s no-fault auto insurance reform proposal seeks to improve the marketplace by creating a new bureaucracy, an approach that will not work, according to the American Insurance...
Oklahoma House Approves Credit Scoring Bill
Mar 4 2003 // The Oklahoma House recently approved a bill prohibiting insurers from using credit information as the sole basis for denial of homeowners or auto insurance coverage, according to the American Insurance Association...
AIA Approves Calif. Commissioner’s WC Reform Ideas
Feb 28 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has correctly identified many of the serious problems plaguing the state’s workers’ compensation system and the critical solutions that are vital to improving the...
AIA Calls UCITA Defeat in Okla. a ‘Victory for Insurers’
Feb 25 2003 // The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), a bill that formalizes the law for licensing of computer information products, was defeated in the Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Committee, and the American...
Mont. Credit Info Bill Limits Insurers Ability to Accurately Predict Risks, AIA Says
Feb 24 2003 // The Montana House of Representatives has approved legislation to limit use of a valuable tool that allows insurers to accurately predict losses and price auto and homeowners products, the American Insurance Association...
AIA Urges N.J. Assembly to Stay Focused on Auto Reform
Feb 21 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) urged the New Jersey General Assembly to remain focused on competition and stabilizing the auto insurance market at an Assembly Banking and Insurance hearing on auto insurance...
AIA Says SB1 Discriminates Against Companies
Feb 20 2003 // The California Senate Judiciary Committee debated and approved a privacy measure Feb. 18 that would discriminate against companies based on their corporate structure and would create “California-only” rules for...
Wash. Study on Insurer Use of Credit Should be Used Cautiously
Feb 13 2003 // A recent study by the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) about insurer use of credit history adds some interesting new pro-competitive angles to the public policy debate, according to American...
AIA Makes Available New Boiler, Pressure Vessel Laws and Regulations Publication
Feb 11 2003 // A comprehensive, state-by-state guide to boiler and pressure vessel laws and regulations is now available from the American Insurance Association (AIA). In addition to providing summary information for each state and the...
AIA Says Consumer Group Report on N.J. Med-Mal is Misleading
Feb 6 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) said that a “new” study released on Jan. 31, by Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) outlining supposed reasons for the medical malpractice crisis in New Jersey is...
AIA Applauds La. Clarification Regarding Absolute Pollution Exclusions
Feb 6 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance’s recent clarification how insurers may use absolute pollution exclusions on commercial lines policies, is expected to ease industry concerns over the application of previously...
AIA Welcomes New Hawaii Insurance Commissioner
Feb 4 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) congratulated J.P. Schmidt on being appointed as Hawaii’s new insurance commissioner. “AIA and its member companies look forward to working with new Commissioner Schmidt...
AIA Responds to Wash. Credit Scoring Report
Jan 28 2003 // American Insurance Association (AIA) vice president and assistant general counsel David Snyder responded to the release of effect of credit scoring on auto insurance underwriting and pricing, a study by the Washington...
AIA Praises KY Supreme Court Decision on WC Exclusive Remedy Doctrine
Jan 28 2003 // The Kentucky Supreme Court, overturning a lower court ruling, voted 4 to 3 to maintain the longstanding exclusive remedy doctrine underpinning the state’s workers’ compensation system. The court’s...
AIA Urges Nev. Governor to Drop Proposal to Double Tax Insurers
Jan 27 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) called upon Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn (R) to abandon his proposal to double tax insurers operating in the state. In order to tackle Nevada’s $1 billion budget deficit, Gov....
AIA WELCOMES NEW COLO. INS. COMMISSIONER
Jan 27 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...
Workers’ Comp: System Having Negative Impact on Calif.
Jan 27 2003 // If you are a commercial insurance broker in California, you know first-hand the frustration and concern of your customers when you offer quotes for workers’ compensation coverage. Average employers with good claims...
AIA Says NY Senate Has Opportunity for Real No-fault Reform
Jan 24 2003 // A recent bulletin from the American Insurance Association indicates that the New York State Senate’s consideration of a proposed auto insurance reform package “presents a real opportunity to fix a broken...
AIA Conference Explores Challenges of Terrorism Ins. Law
Jan 23 2003 // Top government officials, along with insurance industry experts and leaders, kicked off an American Insurance Association (AIA) conference this week focused on the recently enacted Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of...
AIA SAYS CREDIT SCORING EXPANDS CONSUMER CHOICE, MAKES PRICING MORE ACCURATE
Jan 13 2003 // 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...
