Latest Legislation Headlines
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Judge Who Decided First Katrina Case Now Faces Hundreds
Aug 18 2006 // One down, hundreds to go. That’s the tally for a federal judge who ruled this week in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in the first trial to challenge insurers for refusing to cover billions of dollars in...
Georgia Athletic Group Weighs Heat Safety Policy for High Schools
Aug 17 2006 // The Georgia High School Association is considering changing regulations to require schools to have a written heat policy and thermometers on the field. The change comes amidst growing criticism from state lawmakers after...
Calif. Commissioner Calls Court Ruling on Auto Regs a Victory
Aug 17 2006 // On Wednesday afternoon, the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, Calif., refused to overturn a Superior Court ruling that required insurers to comply with the new auto rating regulations. “Once again the...
Iowa Lawmakers, Wellmark Want Review of Hospital Construction Law
Aug 16 2006 // Hospital executives should seek approval from state regulators before closing hospitals on Des Moines’ east side and opening new ones in the suburbs, say some lawmakers and officials along with Iowa’s largest...
Guy Carpenter Report Examines Impact of Nanotechnology
Aug 16 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, the risk and reinsurance specialist of Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced the publication of “Nanotechnology: The Plastics of the 21st Century?” The study provides “a...
Judge for Katrina Insurance Lawsuits Seeks Lawyers’ Advice
Aug 16 2006 // A federal judge presiding over most of the insurance lawsuits spawned by Hurricane Katrina is soliciting advice on the best way to resolve hundreds of cases in a “just, speedy and inexpensive” manner. In a...
Commission Unveils Interstate Compact Web Site
Aug 16 2006 // The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission has launched a new Web site www.insurancecompact.org to enhance its availability to consumers, insurers and regulators. The site “is a progressive step in...
Calif. Governor, Commissioner Propose Legislation To Oversee State Fund
Aug 16 2006 // California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation to establish oversight responsibility and regulatory authority for the State Compensation...
Associations Oppose Eliminating Contingent Commissions
Aug 16 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has joined the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIAB) and Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA) in criticizing regulators and public officials who seek...
N.Y. Looks to Speed Comp Benefits to Ill 9/11 Rescue Workers
Aug 15 2006 // New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became...
Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in Miss. Wind vs. Water Case
Aug 15 2006 // In a highly anticipated ruling in one of the first wind vs. water insurance claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina, a Mississippi judge has upheld the exclusion for damage caused by water and water-borne materials in an...
Agents Association Accuses Garamendi of Using Office to Win Votes
Aug 14 2006 // The Western Insurance Agents Association, Rancho Cordova, Calif., has issued a statement responding to California Insurance Commissioner Garamendi’s auto rate regulations. It reads: Americans would be hard pressed to...
Vermont’s Captive Industry Celebrates 25th Birthday
Aug 11 2006 // More than 1,200 people showed up in South Burlington, Vermont this week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of an idea cooked up in Al Moulton’s kitchen that has grown into a multi-million-dollar industry and top...
California Imposes New Ethics Regulations on Broker-Agents
Aug 11 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has issued a notice informing insurance producers of new ethics regulation requiring all fire and casualty broker-agents and life agents to complete four- hour “ethics...
Mass. Becomes 28th State to Join Interstate Compact
Aug 10 2006 // Massachusetts has become the 28th state to join a program designed to modernize state regulation of life insurance, annuity, disability and long term care products. Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation into law today that...
Judge Denies California Insurers’ Lawsuit to Stop Auto Rate Regs
Aug 10 2006 // A Sacramento Superior Court judge has decided to reject the insurance industry’s request for an injunction against auto insurance rate regulation reforms in California, but the legal challenges will not end...
Lawmakers Told Miss. Wind Pool Law Needs Changing
Aug 9 2006 // Revamping laws governing the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association is one of the options legislators are considering in Jackson, Miss. to help stabilize the state’s post Hurricane Katrina insurance...
Maine Judge Upholds State on Dirigo Savings; Appeal Likely
Aug 9 2006 // A Superior Court judge has rejected an appeal of last fall’s decision by Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa that Maine’s Dirigo Health Agency initiatives produced savings of $44 million in the...
Some Utah Legislators Plan Measures on Illegal Immigration
Aug 8 2006 // Some Utah lawmakers are thinking about measures to crack down on illegal immigration. Ideas include holding employers accountable for hiring illegal immigrants, requiring proof of citizenship or legal status to receive...
Optional Federal Charter ‘legislation of the worst kind,’ says PIA exec
Aug 7 2006 // The National Insurance Act of 2006 would undermine key insurance consumer protections, constrict the availability of insurance, create market instability and prompt a flood of litigation, according to Leonard C. Brevik,...
