Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MONT. FAILS TO ADOPT CREDIT SCORING LEGISLATION
May 19 2003 // A Montana bill that would have established reasonable and clear guidelines for the use of credit scoring in insurance underwriting and rating is dead, reportedly due in large part to disagreements between the insurance...
Skyrocketing Prices Leaving Doubts In The Air
May 19 2003 // With California’s workers’ compensation market in a tailspin, Sacramento’s legislators, the governor and the state insurance commissioner are pulling out all the stops to repair a system that’s...
Maine Sends NCOIL-based Credit Bill to Governor
May 16 2003 // Maine has become the first New England state to send legislation to the governor that follows the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) credit-based insurance model. The NCOIL model or a form of the model...
NAII Urges Lawmakers to Improve Alaska Credit Info Bill
May 16 2003 // The Alaska Senate’s recent passage of legislation that would restrict insurers’ use of credit information came after lengthy negotiations among all interested parties, but still falls short of enabling insurers...
PIANY Urges lawmakers to End NYPIUA Stalemate
May 15 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., issued a bulletin “imploring lawmakers in Albany to end the stalemate that threatens to deny tens of thousands of New Yorkers access to home and commercial...
EU Parliament Passes “Polluter Pays” Directive
May 15 2003 // The European Union Parliament in Strasbourg has passed what could be a far reaching directive, mandating that whoever causes environmental pollution will be responsible for the costs of cleaning it up. Part of the proposed...
Tax Credits Not Enough to Counter Med Mal Crisis, Says Reform Group
May 15 2003 // The burden skyrocketing medical liability costs are placing on America’s health care providers will not be eased by an amendment that would provide tax credits to hospitals and physicians in both low- and high-risk...
Tort Reform Tops 2003 Idaho Legislative Session; State Fund Issue Remains Unresolved
May 14 2003 // Tort reform was reportedly the major accomplishment of the 2003 Idaho legislative session. The session lasted a record 118 days due to a standoff between the Governor and legislators over the raising of certain taxes to...
Illinois Docs Rally, Urge U.S. Senate to Act
May 14 2003 // Thousands of patients, physicians and other supporters of medical liability reform gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza to urge federal lawmakers to fix an out-of-control legal system that is seriously threatening...
Surplus Lines Bill Passes La. House, Senate Battle Next
May 14 2003 // The Louisiana Surplus Lines Association is urging its members to keep the pressure on state lawmakers to pass House Bill 1476, which would exempt certain surplus lines insurers from a decades old, largely un-enforced law...
New Ariz. Law Expedites Repair Process, Services to Towed Vehicles
May 14 2003 // Legislation that should speed up the repair process for insured vehicles by clarifying that insurance companies can retrieve automobiles from towing yards was signed into law last week, according to the National...
Mo. Med Mal Data Show Court’s Caps Ruling Needs Reversal: Commish
May 14 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) Director Scott B. Lakin today said the state must act quickly to reverse a 2002 court ruling that has seriously disrupted Missouri’s medical malpractice market. Under the...
PIFC Opposes SB 850
May 13 2003 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) opposes SB 850 by Senator Deborah Ortiz, a bill, notes PIFC, that will pile on more regulation to an already overly regulated insurance system in the state. Dan...
Landmark Personal Lines Reg. Mod. Bill Introduced in S.C.
May 13 2003 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers, a bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate will put the state’s regulation of insurance light years ahead of any other and benefit homeowners by introducing more...
North Dakota’s Session Ends Positive for Insurers
May 12 2003 // North Dakota’s 2003 legislative session was reportedly a very positive session for property/casualty insurers highlighted by the passage of legislation dealing with the payment of attorney fees in uninsured motorist...
Ala. Proposes Regulation to Clarify Credit Score Usage
May 12 2003 // A proposed Alabama insurance department regulation dealing with the use of credit scoring would help clarify the use of credit in the state, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers, especially since...
Texas Court Upholds Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedule
May 12 2003 // A recently released Texas trial court ruling will help control workers compensation medical costs by setting reasonable medical fees within the state’s workers compensation system, according to the Alliance of...
Ill. Agents Hail Approval of Credit Scoring Bill
May 9 2003 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois said in a statement it approves of the state Senate’s yes vote on HB 1640 Osmond (Jacobs) Insurers Use of Credit Scoring. The bill, which passed the Senate...
IIABA Asks Supreme Court to Hear W.Va. Insurance Regulation Case
May 9 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that it has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in which the lower court ruled that West...
PIANJ Supports Proposed “Hurricane Deductible” Regulation
May 9 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has written a letter to Assistant Commissioner Douglas Wheeler of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, indicating the organization’s support for the...
