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TENNESSEE SENATE REPUBLICANS READY FOR WORKERS’ COMP REFORM:
May 3 2004 // Tennessee Senate Republicans 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 3169, can...
GOP INTRODUCES ASBESTOS LITIGATION REFORM IN U.S. SENATE:
May 3 2004 // Asbestos litigation reform legislation introduced recently by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) represents a significant step forward in the...
R.I. Senate Passes Smoking Ban
May 3 2004 // The Rhode Island Senate on a 25-7 vote passed legislation that would ban smoking in nearly every public place in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Workers’ Safety Act of 2004 (2004 – S2029A), sponsored by Sen. V....
R.I. Senate Votes to Close Drunk Driving Loophole
Apr 30 2004 // The Rhode Island Senate has unanimously passed a bill to hold drunk drivers accountable for injuruies and deaths they cause. Under the legislation, DNA laced blood, fluids and body tissue could be taken from suspects who...
PCI Disappointed as Senate Blocks Consideration of Asbestos Bill
Apr 23 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America expressed disappointment that Senate Democrats blocked consideration of a bill (S. 2290) (see IJ Website April 20) to reform the asbestos litigation system, calling it...
Connnecticut Republicans Push for Med-Mal Caps
Apr 22 2004 // If medical malpractice legislation comes to the floor of the Connecticut House before it adjourns on May 5, Republicans plan on attaching provisions to cap medical awards. Legislative committees weighing the issue for...
Agents Hear Updates on Regulatory Reform, 2004 Senate Races
Apr 22 2004 // Washington, D.C. – With a packed attendance for the Thursday morning breakfast session, independent agents at the 28th Annual Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers’ 2004 National Legislative Conference,...
Joint Letter from Six Insurance Associations Urges Congressional Leaders to Reauthorize TRIA
Apr 20 2004 // In a joint letter to Michael G. Oxley, (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, six of the most prominent U.S. insurance...
Asbestos Bill to Reach Senate Floor
Apr 20 2004 // Republican Senators, led by Utah’s Orrin Hatch, plan to introduce legislation today to establish a fund of up to $124 billion to compensate victims of asbestos related diseases. The measure has been in the works for...
MINN. SENATE COMMITTEE PASSES PIP REFORM BILL:
Apr 19 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...
NORTH CAROLINA SENATE CANDIDATE SIGNS PLEDGE BACKING MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM:
Apr 19 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...
COLORADO SENATE PASSES NCOIL INSURANCE SCORING LEGISLATION:
Apr 19 2004 // The Colorado Senate passed legislation, SB 216, that follows the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) credit-based insurance scoring model act. “This legislation provides lawmakers a positive...
Oklahoma Senate Passes Tort Reform Measure
Apr 15 2004 // The Oklahoma State Senate approved House Bill 2661 and sent the measure to a House-Senate Conference Committee. According to the Senate Communications Divisions, 23 members of a special House-Senate committee on tort...
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...
