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2004 News Releases

NAMIC is well-versed in assisting the media and can often provide additional depth to news stories being developed relative to the property/casualty insurance industry. Contact Nancy Grover at (202) 580-6742.


12/29/2004

NAIC Approves Producer Disclosure Amendments


12/22/2004

Producer Compensation ‘Fix’ Should Focus on Defined Problem, NAMIC To Tell NAIC


12/21/2004

NAMIC Announces New Federal Affairs Senior Lobbyist


12/21/2004

NAIC Deliberations on Insurance Law Must Be Public Says NAMIC


12/15/2004

SVO Expected to Restore Valuation of ISO Shares, Says NAMIC


12/10/2004

Scope of Change to NAIC Producer Licensing Model Should be Narrow and Carefully Considered Says NAMIC


12/6/2004

NAIC Pushes for Resolution on Broker Activities by Year End


12/3/2004

Broker Compenation, Sarbanes-Oxley at Top of NAMIC Agenda for NAIC Winter Meeting


12/2/2004

Blanks Item for Disclosure of Contingent-Fee Data Goes Beyond Need


12/2/2004

NAMIC Hopes for Retrenchment on NAIC Operating Reserve Growth


12/1/2004

NAMIC Raises 5th Amendment, Confidentiality Concerns over Proposed NAIC Broker Activities Questionnaire


12/1/2004

NAMIC Urges Deliberative, Open Approach by NCOIL on Broker Disclosure Model


11/16/2004

NAMIC President Comments on Senate Hearing


11/10/2004

Building NAIC Reserve Further Not Justified; Reduce Fees Instead, Says NAMIC


11/4/2004

NAMIC Urges NAIC, NCOIL Leadership to Stay Focused on Reform While Pursuing Agent-Broker Inquiry


10/18/2004

Georgia State Property/Casualty Trade Association Welcomes NAMIC as Associate Member


10/13/2004

NAMIC Applauds South Carolina Governor’s ‘Contract For Change’ Initiative


10/12/2004

NAMIC’s Post-Election Legislative Priority - Extension of TRIA


10/11/2004

NAMIC Promotes Three to Senior Vice President


10/11/2004

NAMIC Analyzes Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Laws


10/6/2004

NAIC Releases 398-Page Budget in Which ‘Transparency is Key’


10/4/2004

NAMIC Official Notes Changes, Opportunities in Direction of Insurance Public Policy


9/29/2004

NAMIC Applauds Committee Passage of H.R. 4634, The Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension Act


9/22/2004

Wayne F. White Named NAMIC’s 2005 Chairman


9/21/2004

Seven NAMIC Members Celebrate a Century of Service


9/21/2004

Government Underwriting Restrictions Distort Insurance Markets, Harm Consumers


9/21/2004

Oxley Receives NAMIC’s Inaugural Legislator of the Year Award


9/21/2004

New Report Confirms Earlier Findings About Government Price Controls for Insurance


9/21/2004

NAMIC Merit Society Announces 2004 Award Recipients


9/20/2004

Professional Farm Mutual Manager Designation Earned by 21 Insurance Professionals


9/20/2004

NAMIC Farm Mutual Conference Elects 2005 Leadership


9/20/2004

NAMIC Property Casualty Conference Elects 2005 Leadership


9/20/2004

Duane Smith is NAMIC’s Professional Farm Mutual Manager of the Year


9/20/2004

Gibbel Receives 2004 NAMIC Chairman’s Award


9/17/2004

Kansas Credit Scoring Regulation Bulletin Significantly Alter Current Law, NAMIC Testifies


9/17/2004

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley to Receive Inaugural NAMIC Legislator of the Year Award


9/14/2004

NAMIC Applauds Passage of Tort Reform Bill


9/14/2004

New Study Shows Economic Effects of Extending TRIA


9/13/2004

Insurance Trades File Suit to Protect Confidentiality of Proprietary Information


9/11/2004

NAMIC Statement to the NAIC Industry Liaison Committee on the Oxley Baker “State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act” (SMART Act) Discussion Draft


9/11/2004

Use Oxley-Baker Road Map to Improve State Insurance Regulation


9/9/2004

NAMIC Pleased by Passage of Tort Reform Bill


9/9/2004

NAIC Treatment of Corporate Governance, Market Conduct, Securities Ratings, and Credit Scoring Important to NAMIC


9/8/2004

NAMIC To NAIC: The Time for Personal Lines Change and Modernization is Now


9/2/2004

Insurers Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Utah Ruling in Landmark Punitive Damages Case


9/1/2004

NAMIC Launches Website to Provide Industry Professionals With Information on This Year’s State Elections


8/26/2004

Insurance Professional to Lead NAMIC’s Membership and Communications Department


8/24/2004

NAMIC Comments on Oxley/Baker Regulatory Reform Draft


8/20/2004

P/C Trades Urge Federal Regulators to Design Credit Study as Accurately as Possible


8/18/2004

NAMIC Strongly Disagrees with Exposure Draft of Accounting Standard for Mutual Merger/Consolidation Proposed by IASB


8/17/2004

NAMIC Refreshes Review of Key State Legislative Efforts to Improve the Legal System


8/2/2004

NAMIC Opposes Proposed Ban On Credit-Based Insurance Scoring to Michigan Consumers


7/30/2004

NAMIC Official Testifies Asks ALEC To Support TRIA Extension


7/29/2004

NAMIC Analyzes New Insurance Laws


7/29/2004

Michigan Supremes Uphold Victory for Mutual Insurers


7/20/2004

NAMIC Addresses NCOIL Committee Regarding Sarbanes-Oxley Issue


7/20/2004

NAMIC Says NCOIL Market Conduct Model Amendments ‘No Better, No Worse’ Than Original Model


7/9/2004

NAMIC Dismayed Over Fate of Class Action Bill


7/8/2004

NAMIC Statement Responding to Center for Economic Justice


7/7/2004

NAMIC Policy Paper to Convince Legislators and Regulators That ‘Disparate Impact’ Theory Does Not Apply to Insurance Scoring


6/30/2004

President Bush Signs Into Law Flood Insurance - NAMIC Applauds Enactment


6/22/2004

NAMIC Supports Passage of Flood Insurance Legislation - Measure Ready for President


6/22/2004

NAMIC Official Renews Call to Eliminate Regulation By Litigation during Washington Legal Foundation Briefing


6/22/2004

Insurers Mount Legal Challenge to Multi-state Credit Scoring Study; Ask States to Withdraw Data Call


6/22/2004

NAMIC Supports Congressional Efforts to Extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Act


6/16/2004

NAMIC Official To Regulators: Sarbanes-Oxley Will Not Stop Insolvencies


6/16/2004

Senate Passes Flood Insurance Legislation; NAMIC Comments


6/16/2004

NAMIC Takes Issue With NAIC Revisions to NCOIL Market Conduct Model


6/16/2004

NAMIC Official Says More Regulator Leadership Needed on Personal Lines Reform


6/11/2004

American Legislative Exchange Council Adopts NAMIC Model Legislation


6/8/2004

Existing Solvency Laws Provide Broader Protection Than Proposed Transplant of Sarbanes-Oxley


6/3/2004

South Carolina Lawmakers Approve Homeowners’ Insurance Flex-band Rating--NAMIC Comments


6/3/2004

Indiana Attorney General Opinion Upholds Primacy of Legislature to Define ‘Sole Use’


6/3/2004

Insurers Ask Treasury to Back Extension of TRIA


5/25/2004

NAMIC to NAIC: Table ‘Sarbanes-Oxley’ Proposal; Current Insurance Regulation Provides Sufficient Consumer Protections


5/18/2004

Insurers Urge Senate Panel to Extend Terrorism Insurance Program Key to National Economic Security


5/11/2004

Noted California Regulator to Retire After 31 Years


5/10/2004

ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Adopts NAMIC Model Law


5/7/2004

Senate Negotiations Fail on Federal Asbestos Reform - NAMIC Comments


5/7/2004

NAMIC Concerned by Data Call on Credit-Based Insurance Scoring


5/3/2004

Florida Legislature Adjourns, Session Productive for Property/Casualty Legislation: NAMIC


4/30/2004

Study Supports NAMIC Position that Massachusetts Over-Regulation Leads to Higher Auto Insurance Costs


4/27/2004

NAMIC Opposes Proposed Michigan Insurance Scoring Ban


4/23/2004

NAMIC Advocates Asbestos Reform


4/21/2004

NAMIC Disappointed Georgia Did Not Reform Tort Law


4/16/2004

NAMIC Announces New Federal Affairs Team


4/16/2004

NAMIC Applauds Ohio Governor for Signing Property Lien Law


4/13/2004

NAMIC Urges Tenn. Gov. Bredesen to Sign Bill Authorizing Credit-based Insurance Scores


4/13/2004

Washington Legal Foundation Publishes Paper by NAMIC Author


3/18/2004

NAMIC Praises West Virginia Anti-Fraud Bill Enactment


3/17/2004

NAMIC Urges Vermont to Criminalize Insurance Fraud


3/17/2004

NAMIC Questions Costs/Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley Extension to Mutuals


3/16/2004

NAMIC Applauds Chairman Oxley’s Remarks to the NAIC on State-Based Insurance Regulatory Reform


3/15/2004

NAMIC Pleased With Withdrawal of SOX-Inspired Blanks Proposal


3/14/2004

Independent Analysts Ask “Where’s The Beef?” in Missouri Study of Credit-Based Insurance Scoring


3/9/2004

NAMIC Praises South Dakota Governor for Rate Modernization Law


3/8/2004

NAMIC Calls Credit Scoring ‘Best Practices’ Effort Unnecessary


3/5/2004

The Personal Insurance Federation of California Welcomes NAMIC into Membership


2/27/2004

Sensational Claims in Missouri Credit Scoring Report Collapse Upon Closer Review


2/23/2004

NAMIC Asks NCOIL to Delay Vote on Proposed Market Conduct Model


2/20/2004

NAMIC Encourages South Dakota Governor to Sign Rate Modernization Legislation


2/20/2004

New Jersey Supreme Court Decision Protects Policyholders


1/30/2004

Missouri Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Study Deeply Concerns NAMIC


1/28/2004

NAMIC Applauds Rate Modernization Adoption By South Carolina Senate Insurance Committee


1/28/2004

Auto Insurance, Workers’ Comp Emerge Again As Leading Legal Issue Trends


1/26/2004

NAMIC Applauds South Dakota Senate Rate Modernization Adoption


1/23/2004

Tami Stanton Named NAMIC Northeast State Manager


1/22/2004

NAMIC Applauds Appointment of Sen. Cain as Louisiana’s New Insurance Committee Chair


1/22/2004

NAMIC Praises Tennessee Call for Workers Comp Reforms


1/22/2004

NAMIC Applauds President’s Call to Eliminate Frivolous Lawsuits


1/19/2004

NAMIC Comments on Gov. Romney‘s Call for Reform


1/15/2004

NAMIC Market Share Increases to 41 Percent


1/8/2004

NAMIC Releases Comprehensive Report on State Efforts to Improve the U.S. Civil Justice System


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