Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Moving Ahead on Tightening PIP Requirements
Sep 12 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reportedly moving ahead with developing guidelines designed to tighten personal injury protection (PIP) rules in the state, as required by legislation passed in the last...
State Fund Hails Workers’ Comp Reform Package
Sep 12 2003 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund hailed cost saving measures contained in the Legislature’s workers’ compensation reform package as a significant step toward decreasing system costs. This...
Landmark WC Legislation to Provide Relief for Calif. Employers
Sep 11 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said that legislation crafted by the Workers’ Compensation Conference Committee will bring stability to the market and is an “outstanding” first step toward...
T.J. Derella, New PIANY President, States Views on Industry’s Image, Issues and Ideology
Sep 11 2003 // The newly installed president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., T.J. Derella, asked fellow leaders to focus on what he called the industry’s three “I”s: image, issues and...
ISO Authorized to Provide Advisory Pricing Info to Texas Insurers
Sep 11 2003 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) announced that it is now able to provide advisory information services to Texas insurers for four lines of insurance—commercial auto, personal auto, homeowners and dwelling...
NAMIC Reacts to House Passage of FCRA Legislation
Sep 11 2003 // Late Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2622, the “Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act,” by a vote of 392-30. The legislation reportedly amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA),...
Top Ind. Court Rules in Agent’s Favor
Sep 10 2003 // The Indiana Supreme Court has denied the appellee’s petition to transfer the jurisdiction of the DeHays/Pretzels case involving an agent’s duty to disclose from the Court of Appeals to the Indiana Supreme...
PIANY’s “Hudson Valley RAP” to Discuss State Legislation, Marketplace
Sep 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will host its eighth annual CEO/Agency Conference, sponsored by the New York Insurance Association, during its first Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program (RAP)...
Miss. to Hold Personal Lines Credit Score Hearing
Sep 8 2003 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance announced it has scheduled a Sept. 9 public hearing on a proposed regulation on the use of credit scoring in personal lines insurance underwriting. Adoption of Mississippi Department...
How do you Spell Relief’ Surplus Lines
Sep 8 2003 // Premium growth continues unabated for surplus line carriers, the insurance industry’s relief pitchers. They find themselves the beneficiaries of a standard marketplace still skittish about placing risks in lines...
Gov. Bush Sees Hope for Industry in Florida and Nationally
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush {R} has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
McClintock Sees Need for Dramatic Change in Calif. Policies
Sep 8 2003 // In a look at the race for Governor of California, Insurance Journal recently chatted with State Sen. Tom McClintock (R) who is running to succeed Gray Davis should the Recall Vote be successful on Oct. 7. McClintock was...
CWCI’s Nolan Discusses Calif. Workers’ Comp Marketplace
Sep 8 2003 // Insurance Journal staff writer Cynthia Beisiegel recently met up with Michael Nolan, president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) at the ACIC XIV Annual General Counsel Seminar in Las Vegas....
Gov. Davis Signs Privacy Bill; Associations See Added Costs
Sep 8 2003 // Gov. Gray Davis signed California financial privacy legislation into law Aug. 28, enacting one of the nation’s most restrictive state privacy measures, according to the Association of California Insurance Companies...
Model Credit Bill Scores Big
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago Insurance Journal presciently asked whether a consensus model credit-insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and...
New Calif. Governor Faces Full Plate of Industry Issues
Sep 8 2003 // Despite the uncertainty over who will be the next governor of California, the state’s next CEO will have to deal with groundbreaking insurance legislation that will be crafted, debated and implemented over the next...
Gov. Bush Sees Hope for Industry in Florida and Nationally
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
How Do You Spell Relief’ Surplus Lines
Sep 8 2003 // Premium growth continues unabated for surplus line carriers, the insurance industry’s relief pitchers. They find themselves the beneficiaries of a standard marketplace still skittish about placing risks in lines...
Model Credit Bill Scores Big
Sep 8 2003 // Six months ago it was uncertain whether a consensus model credit-based insurance scoring bill devised by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) with the cooperation of producers, carriers and consumer...
Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds ‘American Rule’
Sep 5 2003 // The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the state district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees and costs was erroneous in the case in re: Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation. The court’s...
