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Democrats Blast FDA Labeling Rule as Liability Shield for Drug Makers
Feb 10 2008 // Proposed rules limit when drug manufacturers can change warnings labels without FDA approval The Bush administration wants to limit the situations where drug companies can change warning labels when they know of unsafe...
Calif. State Fund Leaders Testify at Senate Hearing
Feb 7 2008 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund President Janet Frank and Board Chair Jeanne Cain testified Wednesday at an informational hearing of the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee that was held to review...
American Strategic: Golden Haired Boy at Fla. Senate Hearings
Feb 6 2008 // After the Florida Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability heard testimony from The Hartford and Florida Farm Bureau Tuesday, Sen. Steve Geller, D- Hallandale Beach, said the final group of the day,...
Allstate Cites Potential Fla. Insolvency at Senate Hearing into Rates
Feb 5 2008 // Referring to what he felt were Allstate Insurance executives’ evasive answers to questions posed by Florida senators on Monday, Sen. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, said he hadn’t seen so much bobbing and weaving...
Wis. Senate Passes Bill to Ban Use of Credit Scoring by Insurers
Feb 1 2008 // Insurance groups are criticizing passage of Senate Bill 259 by the Wisconsin Senate late on Thursday, Jan. 31st. Senate Bill 259 would forbid insurers from considering information in an individual’s credit report for...
Virginia Senate Passes Repeal of Abusive Driver Fees
Feb 1 2008 // The Virginia Senate this week finally passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed. The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or...
Kan. Disaster Bill Advances in Senate
Jan 31 2008 // A bill providing $12 million over three years to help flood and tornado damaged rural communities rebuild gained first-round approval Tuesday in the Senate. A final vote of approval sends the bill to the House. Starting in...
National Trade Group Urges Wis. Senate to Reject Credit Ban Proposal
Jan 30 2008 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) recently announced that it is opposing legislation scheduled for a vote by Wisconsin Senate Thursday, Jan. 31st, that would prohibit insurers from using...
Democrats Blast FDA Labeling Rule as Product Liability Shield for Drug Makers
Jan 25 2008 // The Bush administration wants to limit the situations where drug companies can change warning labels when they know of unsafe conditions without waiting for government approval. But Democrats charge that the recent...
House Democrats Pass Mine Safety Bill Despite Bush Veto Threat
Jan 18 2008 // Defying White House veto threats, the Democratic-controlled House this week passed sweeping mine safety legislation aimed at preventing future underground disasters like the one that took nine lives last year at Crandall...
Kan. Senate Committee Moves Quickly on Disaster Relief Bill
Jan 18 2008 // A Senate committee is moving quickly on a proposal to help flood- and tornado-damaged communities rebuild homes. The Ways and Means Committee voted Monday to sponsor the proposal. It would provide $12 million over three...
Pa. Senate Panel Advances Long-Delayed Mine Safety Measure
Jan 17 2008 // A bill that would install a slew of safety measures into Pennsylvania’s long-outdated law protecting coal miners received unanimous approval from a state Senate committee this week. The bill, which is headed for a...
Fla. Senate ‘Invites’ 5 Insurance Co. Execs to Provide Sworn Testimony
Jan 16 2008 // The Florida Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability sent letters to five property and casualty insurance company executives Tuesday requesting their presence in Tallahassee on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5 to...
Republican Giuliani Tells Fla. He Backs National Catastrophe Plan
Jan 14 2008 // Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said that his experience as New York City’s mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a big reason why he supports a national insurance backup...
Pa. Senate Votes to Extend Doctors’ Malpractice Insurance Subsidy
Dec 13 2007 // The Pennsylvania Senate voted Tuesday to extend a malpractice insurance subsidy for doctors and hospitals through next year but rejected an effort by Democrats to divert a surplus from a malpractice reserve fund to pay for...
N.J. Senate Passes Agent-Friendly Auto Insurance Changes
Dec 11 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents would no longer be required to offer auto insurance quotes from all of their companies under a bill recently passed by the state’s legislature. The bill, which carries the backing of both...
Senate Approves Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension
Dec 2 2007 // The Senate passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA) of 2007, its version of legislation that will extend the federal terrorism insurance backstop. The current federal terrorism reinsurance...
Republican Chaney Elected Miss. Commissioner
Nov 18 2007 // Newly elected Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he will work to reduce insurance rates but realizes that it can only be accomplished by employing the right combination of factors. “Competition and...
Senate Approves Terrorism Backstop Extension
Nov 16 2007 // The Senate today passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA) of 2007, legislation that will extend the federal terrorism insurance backstop. The current federal terrorism reinsurance program...
Mich. Senate: Lawmakers Must Work Longer for Health Benefits at 55
Nov 15 2007 // MIchigan Lawmakers no longer would get full health care coverage in retirement for just six years of work under legislation recently approved in the state Senate. After serving six years, current legislators get 90 percent...
