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NAII, Alliance to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Regulatory Modernization
Jun 21 2001 // On Thursday, June 21, 2001, National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Bob Zeman will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on...
California State Senate Approves Bill to Ban Confidential Agreements
Jun 8 2001 // Despite strong opposition from the business community, the California State Senate narrowly approved a trial-lawyer sponsored measure that will give public access to potentially all information exchanged during the civil...
Texas Insurance Commissioner Takes Heat From Senate Committee
May 14 2001 // The Texas Senate Nominations Committee approved the reappointment of José Montemayor as the state’s insurance commissioner, but not before grilling him on sanctions against insurance companies that the committee...
SENATE OK’S PROOF OF INSURANCE
Apr 30 2001 // The Texas State Senate voted to pass a bill which would select at random 500,000 of the state’s 14 million motorists each year and require them to prove they have insurance to drive an automobile. The Dallas Morning...
Senate Passes Brownfields Environmental Act
Apr 27 2001 // The Senate unanimously passed the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 by a vote of 99 to 0. The American Insurance Association (AIA) called the bill (S 350) good for cities, people,...
N.Y. Senate, Assembly Rejects Wrap-Up Proposal
Mar 28 2001 // The New York State Senate and Assembly introduced budget bills last week that omitted an Administration proposal that the Independent Insurance Agents of America, New York say would have proved costly for contractors and...
China Foot Dragging Questioned by Senate, AIA
Mar 19 2001 // Thirteen members of the Senate Banking Committee recently expressed concern to trade representative Robert B. Zoellick that China may be attempting to back out of its commitments for compulsory reinsurance and large...
Washington Red-Light Camera Bill Passes Senate
Mar 19 2001 // A Washington bill, SB 5610, authorizing the use of traffic safety cameras to detect red-light running, passed the Senate on a 27-to-22 vote. The legislation would allow the use of traffic safety cameras in certain zones to...
“Fleming Fix” Bill Headed to Oregon Senate
Mar 2 2001 // The Oregon Senate Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee has moved a bill designed to correct a controversial state Supreme Court ruling on pollution exclusions to the Senate floor with a “do pass”...
SENATE GRANTS CHINA PNTR STATUS
Oct 9 2000 // The U.S. Senate passed a bill granting China permanent normal trading relations (PNTR), thus clearing one of the final obstacles to the entry of the world’s most populous nation into the World Trade Organization...
Senn Defeated in Washington Senate Primary
Sep 21 2000 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn, vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate, was defeated in Tuesdays Democratic primary by Internet software millionaire Maria Cantwell. Cantwell, riding the surge of a $5 million...
Senate Approves PNTR Deal With China
Sep 20 2000 // As expected the U.S. Senate passed the bill granting China permanent normal trading relations (PNTR), thus clearing one of the final obstacles to the entry of the world’s most populous nation into the World Trade...
AB 2639 Passes Senate Insurance Committee
Aug 10 2000 // Yesterday morning, the American Agents Alliance reported that it got the necessary six votes to move AB 2639 (Calderon) out of the Senate Insurance Committee. The Alliance-sponsored bill now makes its way to the Senate...
Senate Passes Estate Tax Repeal; Clinton Veto
Jul 17 2000 // The U.S. Senate, with Senate Republicans leading the charge, voted 59-39 on Friday to gradually repeal inheritance taxes originally created to prevent a stratification in wealth. The House passed the same bill, H.R. 8, or...
Calif. Senate Insurance Committee Approves AB 393 and AB 481
Jun 30 2000 // The Senate Insurance Committee approved Assembly Bill 393, the agent licensing bill, and Assembly Bill 481, the claims bill, at a hearing on June 28. AB 393 would prohibit employees of insurance companies who do not have...
AB 481 To Go Before Calif. Senate Ins. Committee
Jun 27 2000 // Assembly Bill 481, scheduled to be heard before the Senate Insurance Committee on June 28, would require the Commissioner to include a restitution to policyholders in every settlement with the Department where the...
Lead Paint Bill Passes R. I. Senate
Jun 20 2000 // A revised lead paint bill incorporating several critical changes recommended by the insurance industry passed the Rhode Island Senate last week. The revised bill contains two critical changes from the original...
Senate Validates E-Signatures
Jun 19 2000 // An electronic signature bill approved by Congress last week contains important liability safeguards for independent agents according to the Independent Insurance Agents of America. S. 761—the Electronic Signatures in...
Calif. Senate Insurance Committee Withdraws Subpoena
Jun 9 2000 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced that the Senate Insurance Committee had agreed to withdraw a subpoena issued to Insurance...
NY Senate Panel Approves Commercial Lines Bill
Jun 6 2000 // The New York State Senate Insurance Committee has given its approval to a bill that would exempt certain purchasers of commercial insurance from rate and policy form filing requirements. The bill, supported by the American...
