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Monthly Archives: <span>July 2006</span>

People and Places

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners unanimously elected New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny as secretary-treasurer of the association at the NAIC summer meeting last month in Washington. D.C. The elction places him in position to be president of the …

Pa. must end confusion over contractors in workers’ comp

An increasing number of Pennsylvania businesses are paying thousands more for workers’ compensation than necessary because of our state law’s vague treatment of subcontractors. While businesses must buy coverage for employees, many businesses use subcontractors instead of employees. What is …

Exemption protection

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee last month received testimony on whether to continue the insurance antitrust exemption contained in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act. This law placed responsibility for insurance regulation with the states and has permitted insurers to employ joint …