Latest AIA Headlines
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AIA: N.J. Auto Crisis Will Persist Despite DOBI Efforts
Sep 17 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has devised a program to assist the state’s auto policyholders find new coverage in light of State Farm Indemnity’s pending non-renewal of 4,000 polices...
Battle Over Financial Privacy Dominates Final Days of Calif. Legislative Session
Sep 5 2002 // For the second year in a row, the California Assembly defeated a measure to restrict the information flow within financial services companies, said the American Insurance Association (AIA). Privacy “Once again,...
WORKERS’ COMP PROBLEMS ADDRES-SED IN REGULATIONS
Sep 2 2002 // Modifications to a final medical privacy rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stopped short of resolving concerns that workers’ compensation carriers and employers have with the...
AIA Says Last-Minute Effort to Fix SB 773 Will Hurt Consumers
Aug 21 2002 // California State Senator Jackie Speier’s (D) latest attempt to overhaul operations of the financial services industry will backfire and consumers will pay the price, according to the American Insurance Association...
Groups Urge Regulatory Constraint at Fla. Mold Hearings
Aug 21 2002 // Both the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Alliance of American Insurers urged Florida policyholders, insurers, and regulators to take a rational approach to mold issues at a recent hearing held by the...
Md. Commissioner Modifies Ban on Credit Scoring
Aug 21 2002 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven Larsen announced the issuance of a bulletin affecting the implementation of a new state law, HB 521, that bans insurers from using credit scoring to rate and underwrite homeowners and...
OKLA. REFORM ORDER PRAISED
Aug 19 2002 // An order signed last week by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will ease regulatory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to develop and introduce new commercial lines insurance products in the state,...
AIA LIKES NCOIL’s MOVES IN STATE REGULATION
Aug 5 2002 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI), the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) took a giant step toward improving uniformity in state regulation by formally adopting model legislation based...
AIA LIKES NCOIL’s MOVES IN STATE REGULATION
Aug 5 2002 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI), the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) took a giant step toward improving uniformity in state regulation by formally adopting model legislation based...
AIA Applauds Okla. Regulatory Reform Order
Aug 2 2002 // An order signed last week by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will ease regulatory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to develop and introduce new commercial lines insurance products in the state,...
AIA Says Mo. Injured Workers Lose under Department’s Managed Care Proposal
Jul 26 2002 // Changes proposed by the Missouri Department of Insurance to the state’s workers’ compensation managed care rules would add significant costs and confusion to the system, ultimately undermining the quality of...
AIA Calls on Ky. To Reform Tort Liability System
Jul 19 2002 // Enacting key reforms to Kentucky’s tort litigation rules is the single most important step the state can take to improve its medical malpractice insurance environment, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said at...
AIA Praises N.Y. Department’s Approval of Catastrophe Loads for Workers’ Comp
Jul 16 2002 // New York Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio’s decision to allow insurers to build “catastrophe loads” into their workers’ compensation reserves is a positive step toward dealing with...
AIA Cautions Mont. From Privatizing State Fund
Jul 12 2002 // The Montana State Legislature should be skeptical of the Montana Workers’ Compensation State Fund’s (State Fund) proposal to privatize when lawmakers return for their Aug. 5 special session, according to the...
AIA Calls on NAIC Privacy Issues Working Group to Remove Proposed Amendment to Model Regulation
Jul 10 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is calling on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Privacy Issues Working Group to withdraw a proposed amendment to the model privacy regulation. The proposed...
Calif. Senate Bills 1763, 1427, 1678 See Action
Jul 8 2002 // Property and casualty insurers and agents and brokers alike can breathe a little easier after a recent California assembly committee hearing on June 26… if only for the time being. The hearing saw some interesting...
AIA Applauds USTR’S Push for Open Markets
Jul 4 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is applauding the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) inclusion of substantive, important insurance provisions in formal trade requests made of all 145 members of the World...
AIA Says Inaccurate Motor Vehicle Records Increase Premiums for Good Drivers, Jeopardize Highway Saf
Jul 2 2002 // Inaccurate, incomplete motor vehicles records (MVRs) not only compromise highway safety and force good drivers to subsidize bad drivers, they also cause insurers to rely on other methods to fully assess individual driver...
AIA Wants Minn. DFL Party to Pull Radio Ads
Jul 2 2002 // The Minnesota Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party should take its own advice and pull radio ads that include misleading insinuations about the American Insurance Association (AIA), the trade group said. In an ad airing on...
AIA Sees Opportunities at NAIC Meeting June 8-11
Jun 10 2002 // Credit-based insurance scoring, speed to market, and market conduct are areas of opportunity at the upcoming meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for regulators to act on their commitment...
