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GOP Introduces Asbestos Litigation Reform in U.S. Senate
Apr 8 2004 // Asbestos litigation reform legislation introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) represents a significant step forward in the effort to...
Tenn. Senate Republicans Reportedly Ready for Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 6 2004 // Tennessee Senate Republicans reportedly stand ready to move the Volunteer State forward with a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill sponsored by Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville). The bill, Senate Bill...
Colorado Senate Passes NCOIL Scoring Legislation
Apr 6 2004 // The Colorado Senate passed legislation (SB 216) on April 5 that follows the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) credit-based insurance scoring model act. “This legislation provides lawmakers a...
IOWA SENATE OKs NCOIL MODEL:
Apr 5 2004 // Following a week of intense negotiations, the Iowa Senate approved a bill to restrict credit-based insurance scoring by a vote of 49 to 0. A coalition of industry advocates amended the bill to more closely follow the...
N.J. Senate Passes Med-Mal Fund
Mar 30 2004 // With strong backing from Democrats and one Republican, the New Jersey Senate passed (22-15) legislation to provide doctors with an estimated $26 million each year for the next three years to help them pay for malpractice...
Workers’ Comp Bill Shelved in Oklahoma Senate
Mar 30 2004 // Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will not hear House Bill 2619, which addresses the state’s workers’ compensation system. Without a hearing in the...
N.C. Senate Candidate Signs Pledge Backing Medical Liability Reform
Mar 29 2004 // The North Carolina Chapter of Doctors for Medical Liability Reform announced that Congressman Richard Burr, currently running for U.S. Senate, has signed their pledge supporting federal legislation that would limit...
Ill. Senate Passes Electronic Notification Bill
Mar 28 2004 // An insurance industry-supported bill that would modernize existing statutes by permitting insurers to electronically transfer cancellation and nonrenewal notices to agents unanimously passed the Illinois Senate and is...
Minn. Senate Committee Passes PIP Reform Bill
Mar 28 2004 // Insurers are optimistic that a Minnesota Senate bill designed to curb fraud abuses in auto personal injury protection (PIP) will move quickly through the legislature, according to the Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property...
NEW YORK FACES HIGH GOP COSTS:
Mar 22 2004 // The New York City’s police department’s security costs at this summer’s Republican National Convention could climb to $65 million, far higher than the city’s previous estimate, according to an...
Iowa Senate OKs NCOIL Approach to Credit Scoring
Mar 22 2004 // Following a week of intense negotiations, the Iowa Senate approved a bill to restrict credit-based insurance scoring by a vote of 49 to 0. A coalition of industry advocates, led by captive-agent carrier State Farm,...
Fla. House Says Thumbs Up to Premium Tax Database Bill; Off for Vote in Senate
Mar 16 2004 // A bill creating an electronic database for insurers to use in allocating insurance property and casualty premium taxes was passed Tuesday by Florida’s House and is headed for a vote in the Senate. “We’ve...
Wooley Leaves IIABA for Democratic Party
Mar 10 2004 // Derek Wooley, son of Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, is leaving his job as governmental affairs representative with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America to become the new executive...
MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM GROUP PRAISING SENATE LEADERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, recently praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
PCI Urges Senate to Keep Medical Liability Reform on ’04 Agenda
Feb 26 2004 // An effort by the U.S. Senate to reform the nation’s medical liability system by placing reasonable caps on non-economic damages fell short earlier this week, reportedly leaving the future of reform legislation in...
Medical Liability Reform Group Praising Senate Leaders for Their Efforts to Improve System
Feb 18 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, this week praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance...
N.Y. Senate Hears Testimony on No-fault Frauds
Feb 11 2004 // The New York Senate’s Standing Committee on Insurance, heard from a number of interested parties, including various industry groups, regarding growing concerns about insurance fraud, particularly staged accidents,...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
South Dakota Senate Approves File-and-Use Bill
Feb 3 2004 // The South Dakota Senate’s overwhelming approval of a bill to modernize the state’s property/casualty insurance rating system will lay the groundwork to attract new companies to the state. The Senate last week...
