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FLEX RATING MODERNIZATION BILL SIGNED INTO LAW IN ALASKA:
Aug 22 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of American praised Gov. Frank Murkowski for signing into law legislation which will modernize and improve Alaska’s system for establishing rates for homeowners, auto and...
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Aug 22 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Health Insurance Rates Rising: The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums...
When Failure to Provide Fall Protection Becomes a Willful OSHA Violation
Aug 22 2005 // © 2005 ConstructionWebLinks.com Reprinted with Permission. All Rights Reserved The court rejected the contractor’s claim that it had a stringent fall protection plan, noting that the four-page, handwritten plan...
Who’s Afraid of a Little Competition?
Aug 22 2005 // Ah, the traditional signs of summer-salt air, suntan lotion and that pungent smell without which no vacation trip is complete-the fumes of expensive gasoline. Although skyrocketing gas prices consume much of the...
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Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMA Hurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
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Aug 22 2005 // Arkansas Conference to Aid Business Leaders The Arkansas Workers Compensa-tion Commission will hold the 18th Annual Workers’ Compen- sation Educational Conference Oct. 12-14 in Little Rock. The AWCC said businesses...
Court Rules that Calif. Country Club Discriminated Against Lesbian Couple
Aug 22 2005 // California’s highest court ruled that country clubs must offer gay members who register as domestic partners the same discounts given to married ones – a decision that could apply to other businesses such as...
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Aug 22 2005 // WIAA SUBMITS COMMENTS ON LATEST GARAMENDI AGENDA PROPOSAL: The Western Insurance Agents Association submitted comments to the California Department of Insurance opposing yet another over-reaching proposed regulation...
Claims History Model Act Now in Hands of State Legislators
Aug 22 2005 // Consumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel their policy, or raise their premium, under a new claims history model...
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Times-Picayune in Excess Insurance Case
Aug 19 2005 // Reversing a summary judgment by a district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently decided that The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, based in New Orleans, is entitled to recover the entire...
Gallagher Wants Independent Review of State Farm’s Rate Request
Aug 19 2005 // Citing concern that insurance companies are using the 2004 hurricanes to unfairly raise rates, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has called for an independent review of a rate increase on homeowners...
PCI Says Ariz. Court Ruling Threatens Workplace Safety
Aug 18 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court in David C. Grammatica v. Arizona Industrial Commission has invalidated what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to...
The Garamendi Agenda: Producer Regulations Version 2.0
Aug 17 2005 // WIAA Calls Latest Set of Regulations “Agency Killer”; Calls on Coalition To Stick Together. Rancho Cordova…Although soundly defeated in the legislature earlier in the year, the Garamendi Agenda remains...
Credit-based Insurance Scoring in Renewal Policy Underwriting Essential for Accuracy
Aug 17 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies will testify at an Alaska Division of Insurance hearing that, “at renewal, insurance carriers need the flexibility to engage in a total circumstances analysis of...
N.Y. Agents Back Financial Information Breach Notification Law
Aug 17 2005 // Businesses must notify New Yorkers when their financial and personal information has been compromised under a measure that has become law in New York. The Information Security Breach and Notification Act, which takes...
NAMIC Encourages Hawaii Legislative Working Group to Adopt Rate Modernization
Aug 16 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has told a Hawaii legislative committee that passage of rate modernization laws would benefit state commerce and insurance consumers. In written comments filed last...
N.J. Gubernatorial Hopeful Hit Over Out-of-State Insurer, Campaign Gifts
Aug 15 2005 // A public interest lawyer has charged Republican Douglas Forrester with intentionally skirting New Jersey law by licensing an insurance company out-of-state and using the shell operation to illegally funnel millions in...
Mirel Stepping Down as D.C. Insurance and Securities Regulator
Aug 15 2005 // Lawrence H. Mirel, insurance commissioner for the District of Columbia, is stepping down from the post he has held for the past six years, the office of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams has confirmed. Vincent Morris, a...
S&P Affirms Willis ‘BBB-‘ Ratings
Aug 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB-” counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Willis Group Holdings Ltd. and has revised the outlook to stable...
WIAA Submits Comments On Latest Garamendi Agenda Proposal
Aug 12 2005 // Requiring insurers to submit written explanations of “for cause” terminations of company appointments is unnecessary and lacks statutory authority Rancho Cordova…The Western Insurance Agents Association,...
