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IAIABC Panel Takes Fresh Look at Terrorism
Sep 20 2004 // In a code orange New York, the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) took a fresh look at terrorism and its relation to workers’ compensation at its recent 90th Annual...
Producers Caught in Multistate Surplus Lines Web
Sep 20 2004 // Surplus line producers have benefited greatly from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Since the act’s passage in 1999, most states have amended their laws to allow for nonresident licenses for surplus line producers. These...
CII Conference to Focus on FSA Claims Regulations
Sep 17 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute announced that its newly-formed Faculty of Claims is to host a session at the UK Insurance and Financial Services Conference, which will be held at the International...
Ill.’s Gov. Blagojevich Appoints Ex-Judge to Mediate Med-Mal Negotiations
Sep 17 2004 // After months of partisan and special interest stalemate over medical malpractice reform in the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a former judge and hospital lawyer to mediate ongoing...
PCI Approves SMART Draft; ‘Needs Some Clarification’
Sep 15 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America told regulators that it shares the goal of improving and modernizing the insurance regulatory system and indicated that it views the State Modernization and Regulatory...
Workers’ Compensation Reform Regulations Move Forward On Schedule
Sep 14 2004 // The California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is on track to meet its Nov. 1 deadline for adopting emergency regulations that will allow medical provider networks to begin...
NAMIC Applauds Passage of Tort Reform Bill
Sep 14 2004 // On Tuesday, by a vote of 229-174, the House of Representatives favorably approved H.R. 4571, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004. H.R. 4571 would amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to penalize...
Commentary: SMART for Regulation’
Sep 14 2004 // Lobbyists for the American Insurance Association recently made their case for federal over state regulation of insurance before the House Committee on Financial Services by presenting a list that included the...
Vilsack Signs Bill to Allow Apportionment of Iowa Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 14 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms that insurers have argued will help reduce workers compensation costs. Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, signed...
NAIC Adopts Market Conduct Surveillance Model Law
Sep 14 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a model law regarding how the states coordinate market conduct surveillance. It is based on a version recently put forth by the National Conference of...
Koken Named NAIC President; Ario Elected VP
Sep 13 2004 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected a slate of three new officers in interim elections held during the 2004 NAIC Fall National Meeting. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
Sep 13 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on January 12, 2004 as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years earlier, at the beginning...
Texas Business Group Calls for Change in Ins. Laws
Sep 10 2004 // Three-fourths of uninsured Texans have full-time jobs but cannot afford health insurance, according to a report released recently by the Texas Association of Business. The study also shows that more than half of Texans...
Iowa Legislature Addresses Workers’ Comp Payments in Special Session
Sep 9 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature has passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms supported by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) that will reportedly help reduce...
NAMIC Targets Corporate Governance, Market Conduct, Securities Ratings, and Credit Scoring at NAIC Meeting
Sep 8 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) will advocate its positions on corporate governance, market conduct, securities ratings, and credit scoring during the National Association of Insurance...
Delaware’s Race for Insurance Commissioner Pits Advocate Denn Vs. Conciliator Ennis
Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
PCI: Current Market Conduct Model Falls Short of Reform Goal
Sep 7 2004 // True reform of the current market conduct examination process will not be achieved by amendments suggested by regulators and adopted by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) to its own Market Conduct...
The Race For Delaware Insurance Commissioner: The Advocate Vs. The Conciliator
Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUES September 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic...
Leave-No-State-Regulation-Behind
Sep 6 2004 // Lobbyists for the American Insurance Association recently made their case for federal over state regulation of insurance before the House Committee on Financial Services by presenting a list that included the...
On the Record: The Race for Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner
Sep 6 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
