A bill which will require Mississippi motorists to show proof of insurance when they have a vehicle inspected, are stopped at a roadblock or buy a new automobile license plate, has passed the Senate. The House version of the bill …
The Kentucky Office of Insurance has published a consumer’s booklet “Aft-er the Storm Has Passed, Settling Dis-aster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.” The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet making it easy to keep track of what to …
Legislation approved by the Georgia Senate and on its way to the House would enable health insurers to offer policies that don’t cover some medical procedures and drugs currently mandated by state law–women legislators objected to Senate Bill 174 because …
Two new regulations tightening up on Georgia’s uninsured motorists went into effect April 1. Drivers with a second or subsequent suspension during any five-year period will have the vehicle registration suspended for 90 days and on the third or subsequent …
Despite apparent support of House leaders, the Republican-controlled House failed to pass House Bill 683 and send it to the Senate. Only 42 of the House’s 180 members voted for HB 683, which would have implemented a 6 percent flex …
Service Insur-ance Company of Bradenton, Fla., has been removed from A.M. Best’s rate review process and assigned an excellent rating with an outlook of “stable.” Service, in business since 1978, has maintained its A-excellent rating for 17 years. Service was …
Alabama Insur-ance Commissioner Walter A. Bell will chair a 20-member insurance panel app-ointed by Gov. Bob Riley to study hurricane insurance issues in coastal Alabama. The “Insurance Issues Task Force” will recommend strategies to Riley’s office and the legislature. Members …
Democratic Gov. Joe Man-chin’s bill to eliminate third-party bad faith lawsuits survived a tough test March 17 when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed it out of committee over strenuous objections of Chair-man Sen. Jeffrey Kessler, whose Moundsville, W.Va., law firm …
Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CEO and House Insurance Committee Chair Rep. Dennis A. Ross, R-Lakeland, listened intently to hurricane-related complaints–from families with nowhere to live, to homeowners with $500 swimming pool damages–at a March 19 town hall meeting at Dr. Phillips …
Take a stand for values in government,” Troy King, Alabama Attorney General, told more than 100 Alabama Independent Insurance Agents attending a March 17 annual Young Legislative Conference in Montgomery. Quinton Riggs, Business Council of Alabama lobbyist, and Reyn Norman, …
