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Construction Defect, Mold Issues Considered During Last Days of Calif. Session
Sep 10 2001 // The last day of the 2001 California legislative session, Sept. 14, is rapidly drawing near. Among the remaining bills whose fate hangs in the balance are two which, if passed, would have varying degrees of impact on...
Fear of the Unknown-The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers
Sep 10 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installation of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. See IJ, Aug. 27, 2001, for Part I. Part II Determining causation A major aspect of the ongoing...
WORKERS’ COMP BILL FALLS SHORT
Sep 10 2001 // According to Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), SB 71 (Burton & Calderon), a bill moving through the California Legislature, doesn’t go far enough in attempts to reduce costs to reform the...
8 INSURERS FEEL FIRE RISKS
Sep 10 2001 // In seven western fire-prone states, eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 74.5 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc. States ranked by acres burned from...
Insurance Legislation for Hate-Crime Victims Moves to Gov. Davis
Sep 10 2001 // I think more and more folks are getting comfortable at least to the point of neutrality now.” That is one insurance industry spokesman’s take on AB 1193, a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from...
Bill to Increase Workers’ Comp Benefits Doesn’t Solve System’s Problems, AIA Says
Sep 7 2001 // A bill approved by the California State Assembly does not go far enough to balance benefit increases with cost-saving reforms to California’s workers’ compensation system, according to the American Insurance...
Calif. E-mail Bill Awaits Gov. Davis’ Decision
Sep 5 2001 // A bill that would prevent employers from reading employees’ communications on work e-mail addresses passed the California State Assembly and now awaits Gov. Gray Davis’ signature. The bill, originally sponsored...
Auto Club Says Higher Percentage of Southland Boating Accidents Involve Personal Watercraft
Sep 4 2001 // As water lovers get ready to head out for beach and river trips during the last few weeks of summer, the Automobile Club of Southern California warned boaters to take safety precautions when using boats and personal...
Incoming NAPSLO President Focuses on Regulatory Issues, Technology
Sep 3 2001 // When John Latham steps down as president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) in San Antonio later this month, Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., will take on the office as incoming president and...
Calif. Bill Could Threaten Investigation of Insurance Fraud
Aug 31 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), California Assembly members are poised to vote on a bill that would “hamstring” insurers’ ability to conduct investigations when they...
Attempts at Workers’ Comp Reform Could Hurt Agents, Small Business
Aug 30 2001 // According to Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), a workers’ compensation bill moving its way through the California Legislature doesn’t go far enough in attempts to reduce costs to reform the...
Weiss Says 8 Insurers Are Exposed to 74.5% of Homeowners Risk in Western Fire-Prone States
Aug 28 2001 // In seven western fire-prone states, just eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 74.5 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc., a provider of independent...
California Legislative Committees Approve Two Privacy Measures
Aug 28 2001 // The California Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a controversial financial privacy bill on a partisan vote of 7 to 3. The measure, SB 773 sponsored by Senator Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough), would create an...
Politics Can Lead to Bumps in the Road for Auto Insurance
Aug 27 2001 // Overregulation in the auto insurance industry may be an accident that has already happened in some states; but regulators can look to other states as examples of how regulatory requirements can be uniform and yet flexible...
AIA Comments on Legislative ‘Highlights’ of Calif. Session’s Final Weeks
Aug 27 2001 // As the West Coast heads into the “dog days of summer,” the California Legislature commenced the final four weeks of its 2001 session on Aug. 20. To mark the occasion, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
Fear of the Unknown: The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers, Part I
Aug 27 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. These days, an Internet news search on the word “mold” will bring up numerous articles testifying...
It’s Fire Season: Time to Brush Up on Coverage and Prevention
Aug 27 2001 // Take an influx of homeowners moving into what was once open land, add a rainy winter which has fueled the growth of brush and vegetation, and you have a potential recipe for disaster. As of Aug. 15, close to 300 wildfires...
NAMIC Urges Halt to Potential Spread of Prop.
Aug 24 2001 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) wants regulators to reject demands for legislation modeled on California’s Proposition 103. The Improvements to State-based Systems (IS3) Working Group...
AIA Defends California’s Competitive Rate Law
Aug 23 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low’s call for legislative changes to California’s competitive rate law is unwarranted, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA’s analysis shows...
Calif. Legislators Approve AB 1193
Aug 23 2001 // AB 1193, a California bill which would prohibit insurance companies from canceling or failing to renew policies of religious organizations, educational institutions or nonprofit agencies simply due to losses from hate...
