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South Dakota Senate Approves File-and-Use Bill
Feb 3 2004 // The South Dakota Senate’s overwhelming approval of a bill to modernize the state’s property/casualty insurance rating system will lay the groundwork to attract new companies to the state. The Senate last week...
NYS Senate to Hold Auto Fraud Hearing
Jan 19 2004 // The New York State Senate Insurance Committee plans to hold a hearing Feb. 9 on New York’s auto insurance fraud problem. Fraud investigators and the insurance department are expected to testify on how staged...
William Irons Resigns from R.I. Senate; Agent Refused to Reveal Clients
Jan 5 2004 // President William Irons, a 20-year veteran of politics and long time insurance agent, is resigning from the Rhode Island State Senate rather than disclose his insurance clients. Irons announced that he has resigned as...
AIA, PIANJ, IIANJ Applaud N.J. Senate’s Rejection of “Verbal Threshold” Bill
Dec 8 2003 // Following a hearing, at which numerous industry representatives testified (See IJ Web site Dec.5), the New Jersey Senate on Friday, in a 5 to 1 vote, refused to send S-2533, the “verbal threshold” bill to the...
Senate Strikes Deal on Class-Action Reform
Dec 1 2003 // Senate lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal to restore fairness for both defendants and consumers to the class action system and limit abusive lawsuits, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a statement. Key reforms that...
Repeal of Illegal Immigrant Driver License Bill Passes Calif. Senate Committee
Nov 25 2003 // As expected, a bill to repeal legislation allowing undocumented aliens to obtain California drivers’ licenses, passed from the Senate Transportation Committee by a 10-2 vote, the American Agents Alliance said. SBX3 1...
N.Y.’s Sen. Hannon Tells Congressional Committee States Should Regulate Insurance
Nov 6 2003 // New York State Senator Kemp Hannon minced no words in his testimony today before the U.S. House Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. “For more than...
PIA National Applauds Senate Vote on Reauthorizing National Flood Program, Calls on House to do Likewise
Oct 30 2003 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) this week applauded action by the Senate to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and called on the House of Representatives to quickly...
Senate Passes Bill to Reauthorize Flood Program
Oct 30 2003 // The Senate this week passed by unanimous consent agreement S. 1768, the “National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2004.” The bill, introduced by Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) and Senator Richard...
Senate Failure to End Class Action Reform Debate Disappoints NAMIC
Oct 24 2003 // By a count of 59-39 – one short of the 60 votes necessary – members of the Senate this week blocked efforts to end a filibuster on S. 1751, “The Class Action Fairness Act of 2003.” As written, the...
IIABA Tells Senate Panel That State Regulation Should Be Reformed, Not Abolished
Oct 23 2003 // There is a vital role for Congress to play in reforming the state insurance regulatory system, but such an effort need not replace or duplicate at the federal level what is already in place at the state level, the...
Congressional Review of Punitive Damages Welcomed by Alliance
Sep 24 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers welcomed the Sept. 23 hearing by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution related to excessive punitive damage awards in civil suits. In April, the United...
AIA: NC. Senate Med-Mal Bill Lacking
Sep 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that the North Carolina Senate approved a medical malpractice bill that the association believes falls short of the goal of comprehensive medical liability reform. S. 802...
Senate Addresses Consumer Interests in the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Aug 4 2003 // The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing July 31 to address measures to enhance the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Hon. John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury, testified that...
Medical Liability Reform Stalls in Senate
Jul 10 2003 // The Senate Republican leadership tried to revive medical liability reform legislation in the Senate on Wednesday, but Democrats reportedly blocked consideration of The Patients First Act of 2003 (S. 11) by a vote of 49-48....
PIANJ Commends Senate on Passing Measure Protecting Agents’ Books
Jul 7 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the state Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help ensure agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance company...
PIANJ Commends Senate on Passage of Legislation to Protect Agents’ Books
Jun 25 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the State Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help to ensure that agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance...
PIANY Notes Passage of N.Y. Insurance Bills as Senate Session Ends
Jun 23 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York has issued a bulletin commenting on the effects of legislation passed by the state’s Senate as it ended its spring session last week. The Assembly remains in session to...
Pa. Senate Confirms Koken as Dept. Commissioner
Jun 19 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell on Wednesday commended the Pennsylvania Senate for confirming M. Diane Koken as Commissioner of the Insurance Department. The confirmation marks the third consecutive confirmation of...
Ohio Senate Passes Tort, Asbestos Reforms
Jun 13 2003 // The Ohio Senate passed a litigation reform measure that will reportedly stem the tide of economic damage caused by out-of-control jury verdicts and other abuses of the tort system, according to a statement released by the...
