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Nevada Legislature Wraps Up 2001 Session on Positive Note
Jun 12 2001 // The Nevada State Legislature adjourned last week following several important victories for the insurance industry, according to lobbying groups. Passage of measures benefiting insurers and the defeat of several trial...
NAIC Commences Summer Meeting in New Orleans
Jun 8 2001 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will hold its Summer National Meeting in New Orleans, La., this weekend. After considerable deliberation, the Meetings Coordination Task Force decided against...
AIA Seeks Exemption for Workers’ Comp Managed Care Programs
Jun 6 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is calling on the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Health Care Committee to approve an AIA-filed bill (HB 3310) to exempt workers’ compensation programs from new...
Kansas Governor Signs Insurance Bills Into Law
Jun 1 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) noted that the adjournment on May 8th of the Kansas legislature ended a 10-week session marked by several important victories for the associaiton. Earlier in the week, Governor Bill...
Bill on Insurer Use of Credit Passes Illinois Legislature
Jun 1 2001 // A bill that clarifies insurers’ use of consumer credit reports in underwriting has passed the Illinois General Assembly and is expected to be signed by the Governor. The American Insurance Association (AIA) worked...
Maine Enacts Financial Privacy Bill
May 31 2001 // Maine Governor Angus King signed into law a financial services privacy bill (LD 1640), which is, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA), consistent with the federal privacy regulations in Title V of the...
Md. Governor Signs AIA’s Workers’ Comp Bill
May 24 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) reported that legislation allowing undisputed workers’ compensation claims to be handled out-of-state was signed recently by Governor Parris Glendening (D). SB 592, which was...
Missouri Legislature Approves Speed-to-Market Bill
May 23 2001 // The Missouri General Assembly approved SB 186 on May 18, sending a strong signal about the state’s commitment to a more streamlined, competitive commercial insurance marketplace. The American Insurance Association...
AIA Blasts Decision Ore. Supreme Court Ruling
May 16 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), the decision handed down by the Oregon State Supreme Court in Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc. will undermine the exclusive remedy clause, a cornerstone of the...
AIA FILES APPEAL WITH CALIF BOE ON TAX
Apr 29 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA), American International Companies and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company have filed an appeal with the California Board of Equalization (BOE), the state’s highest tax policy...
AIA Seeking Change in Credit Scoring in N.H.
Apr 27 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is seeking major changes in regards to the New Hampshire Insurance Department’s (NHID) proposed regulation for the use of credit scoring by insurers. During a meeting of the...
AIA Calls High Court’s Decision “Common Sense”|”|”The American Insurance Association (AIA) called th
Apr 18 2001 // AIA Calls High Court’s Decision “Common Sense”|”|”The American Insurance Association (AIA) called th
AIA Negotiates New York Dole Assessment Resolution
Apr 12 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) and New York State officials reached a fair, reasonable settlement which will return a substantial portion of a state assessment on workers’ compensation insurers that was...
China Foot Dragging Questioned by Senate, AIA
Mar 19 2001 // Thirteen members of the Senate Banking Committee recently expressed concern to trade representative Robert B. Zoellick that China may be attempting to back out of its commitments for compulsory reinsurance and large...
American Insurance Association Names Sektnan as Assistant VP, Western Region
Dec 27 2000 // The American Insurance Assoc. has hired Mark Sektnan as assistant vice president for state affairs for AIA’s western region. A long-time capitol staffer and a veteran of the HMO reform effort in California, Sektnan...
Insurers File Challenge To OSHA Ergo Rule
Dec 11 2000 // The Nov. 14 release of Occupational Safety Health Administration’s (OSHA) new ergonomic rule, approved by President Clinton, has sparked one of the largest backlashes in the 30-year history of the organization....
AIA Testifies at NAIC Speed to Market Meeting
Nov 21 2000 // The American Insurance Association testified on Nov. 20 at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Speed to Market Working Group meeting in Kansas City, stressing the need for a market-based approach to...
AIA Contributes To Successful Israeli-Palestinian Summit on Auto Insurance
Jul 11 2000 // While the Camp David summit is getting underway, joint talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials on reducing conflict in the compensation of traffic accident victims came to a successful conclusion in the Gaza...
AIA Urges Action on Cost Drivers
May 18 2000 // Rising liability costs are driving up New York City auto insurance rates, according to testimony by the American Insurance Association before the Assembly Insurance Committee. New York City bodily injury claims are much...
AIA Says Clinton’s Privacy Plan “Premature”
May 3 2000 // The American Insurance Association has taken a stance against President Clinton’s recent privacy proposal, calling it “decidedly premature.” “The administration is proposing this ‘plan’...
