The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is encouraged that the Senate is now beginning to focus on the terrorism insurance issue with the introduction of a bill (S 2600) by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Harry Reid (D-NV), Paul …
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18. The final vote invoking passage was 84-14. The legislation, S. 2600, was sponsored …
The battle over terrorism insurance heated up one notch June 13 as Senate Democrats blocked a Republican effort to limit lawsuit claims as part of a terrorism-insurance bill, putting forth a battle with the White House and the Republican-controlled House …
The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is encouraged that the Senate is now beginning to focus on the terrorism insurance issue with the introduction of a bill (S 2600) by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Harry Reid (D-NV), Paul …
This week’s cover of Insurance Journal tells a gruesome tale, if not an unexpected one: the nation’s property-casualty insurance industry suffered its first-ever net loss for a full year in 2001. There was another “Worst Year Ever” before this one, …
WASHINGTON – Though other Capital insiders are less optimistic, Sen. Christopher Dodd thinks impediments to passage of a government-backed terrorism insurance measure can be negotiated away in a hurry. “I think, I believe we can do this in two weeks,” …
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio) and Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) will address hundreds of small business owners during the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) National Legislative Conference. The 26th Annual IIAA National Legislative Conference …
A record turnout is expected for young agents attending the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) National Legislative Conference, April 10-12 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. The 2002 conference marks the seventh annual Young Agents …
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), an influential leader on insurance issues in the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference this spring, speaking to nearly 800 independent …
The Bush administration and Congressional leaders hammered out a new version of a plan to provide reinsurance assistance to the U.S. insurance industry in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, although discussions are ongoing as to what any …
