February 21, 2005
A federal judge has sided with the state of Maine in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose side payments from drug companies and other financial information. U.S. Magistrate Judge …
February 18, 2005
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it approved the initial application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by one private employer and the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by …
February 9, 2005
A spokesman for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America told a National Association of Insurance Commissioners panel today in Orlando that a proposal to apply new requirements based on the Sarbanes-Oxley law to non-public insurers could cost companies and …
February 7, 2005
A federal judge has sided with the state of Maine in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose side payments from drug companies and other financial information. U.S. Magistrate Judge …
January 24, 2005
Andy Schor Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Linda A. Watters named Andy Schor as the new public information officer. As PIO, Schor’s responsibilities will be to share the priorities and initiatives of OFIS with the public. He …
January 24, 2005
DES MOINES, Iowa–A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause. Sen. Dennis Black (D-Newton) and other members of …
January 24, 2005
More than 400 of the state’s top independent agency principals and managers are expected to gather Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2005 for Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 42nd Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar and Big I Legislative Day at the Renaissance …
January 24, 2005
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott signed a settlement ensuring refunds totaling up to $10 million to Texans who unknowingly purchased vehicles that were previously damaged and deemed total losses by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The company, which voluntarily …
January 18, 2005
First Acceptance Corp., whose insurance subsidiaries provide nonstandard private passenger automobile insurance and operate in many states under the trade name “Acceptance Insurance,” said “it is not affiliated nor involved in any manner” with Iowa-based Acceptance Insurance Cos. Inc., which …
January 16, 2005
DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause. Sen. Dennis Black (D-Newton) and other …