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Ohio Agents Nab Senate Insurance Chairman as Executive Vice President
Nov 19 2004 // Ohio Senate Insurance Committee Chair Scott R. Nein, a Republican, has joined the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents as executive vice president, the group announced recently. The group, affiliated with the national...
PIA Says Hunter’s Remarks During Senate Testimony “Outrageous and Not Constructive”
Nov 19 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has issued a strongly worded statement admonishing, J. Robert Hunter, the insurance director of the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), for statements made during...
At Senate Hearings into Broker Pay, NAIC Claims States Get Job Done without Headlines
Nov 16 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Greg Serio, speaking on behalf of the nation’s state insurance commissioners, will tell a Senate subcommittee today that state regulators play a critical role in guaranteeing a...
Independent Insurance Agents Defend Themselves at Senate Hearing over Broker Compensation
Nov 16 2004 // The nation’s largest independent insurance agency group will go before a Senate subcommittee in Washington today to attempt to put some distance between large insurance brokers facing allegations of illegal...
Conn. AG Urges Tougher State Action, Offers Own Insurance Reforms in Testimony Before Senate Panel
Nov 16 2004 // Despite charging that too many state insurance regulators have become “industry captives,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is rejecting calls for federal intervention in the regulation of...
Senate Hearing Set for Nov. 16 on Commercial Brokerage Controversy
Nov 12 2004 // Marking the first formal congressional inquiry since allegations of abuse in the commercial insurance brokerage industry emerged last month, U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.) will chair a Senate subcommittee oversight...
Tight Ohio Supreme Court Stays in Republican Hands
Nov 10 2004 // Republicans solidified their year-old voting majority on the Ohio Supreme Court last wek, but the races were closer than the vast campaign fund-raising advantage over Democratic rivals would indicate. Insurers and other...
2 Republicans Retain Mich. Supreme Court Seats
Nov 9 2004 // The conservative Michigan Supreme Court’s balance remains 5-2 in favor of Republican nominees, and insurers, after voters re-elected two incumbents. As expected, Democratic nominee Marilyn Kelly and Republican...
Republican Karmeier Wins Ill. Supreme Court Seat
Nov 3 2004 // Republican Lloyd Karmeier has won a Supreme Court seat representing Illinois’ fifth district, which includes 36 southern counties and famed “judicial hellhole” Madison County. With 90 percent of precincts...
Republican Candidates Win ‘Big Time’ in Insurance Industry Political Giving in Federal Races
Nov 2 2004 // The late U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill (D-Mass.) is famous for insisting, “All politics is local.” Apparently, O’Neill wasn’t counting the money. When it comes to...
Poll: Republicans Blame Malpractice Lawsuits for Rising Health Costs; Democrats Blame Insurers
Nov 2 2004 // Republicans were three times as likely as Democrats to blame rising health costs on malpractice lawsuits, according to a poll conducted for The (Baltimore) Sun, and Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to blame...
Md. Gov.’s Med-Mal Plan Gets Frosty Reception from Senate Leader Miller; Special Session in Doubt
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...
Pa. Gov. Unveils Letter to Congressional Delegation Regarding Flood Relief
Oct 21 2004 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell this week released the following letter to the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation in reference to flood relief for the Commonwealth: Dear Senator Santorum: “As a follow up to our...
Ga. Farmers Eligible for Agriculture Disaster Assistance Backed by the U.S. Senate
Oct 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced this week that Georgia farmers will be eligible to receive financial assistance due to their losses from Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. The U.S. Senate on Monday passed $2.9...
Impeachment Trial Looming for Fisher in Oklahoma Senate
Sep 20 2004 // Impeached on Sept. 9, 2004, by a unanimous vote in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Insurance Com-missioner Carroll Fisher now faces a trial in the state Senate that could result in his being thrown out of office. At...
Okla. Senate Sets Fisher Impeachment Trial Date
Sep 15 2004 // The impeachment trial of Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher in the State Senate is set to begin Sept. 27, 2004, earlier than previously expected. Meeting Sept. 14 to lay the groundwork for the trial, senators...
Denn Wins Delaware Democratic Insurance Primary
Sep 13 2004 // Matt Denn defeated Karen Weldin Stewart on Sept. 11 in the Democratic primary race for Delaware insurance commissioner. Denn, who resigned as counsel to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to seek the $93,200-a-year job, Denn won 58...
Okla. Senate on Tight Timeline in Fisher Case
Sep 13 2004 // Oklahoma senators will be under a tight timeline in October when they assume the role of jurors for the trial of impeached Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, the Associated Press reported. Senators were notified via...
PCI Plans High Profile Presence at Republican National Convention
Aug 26 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and representatives of its member companies will be involved in an extensive list of activities during next week’s Republican National Convention in New...
DMLR: N.C. Senate Candidate Sides with Attorneys on Ending Medical Lawsuit Abuse
Aug 16 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians working to ending medical lawsuit abuse, said Erskine Bowles, Democratic candidate for John Edwards’ open U.S. Senate...
