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Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Announces Opposition to H.R. 5840
(8/19/2008)
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg has sent a letter to Congress expressing opposition to the Insurance Information Act of 2008 (H.R. 5840). In it, he says the bill grants the U.S. Treasury Secretary new powers to substitute his views of insurance regulation for the laws and policies of the states, and do so in an unaccountable manner... Full Story
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At the Halfway Point in PIA Month, the Battle Against H.R. 5840 Continues
(8/19/2008)
We are now at the halfway point in PIA’s annual Political Involvement and Advocacy Month. As we have been reporting to you, this year our advocacy is more important because of the threat posed to Main Street insurance agents by the “big boys”: big banks, big securities firms and a handful of major carriers... Full Story
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Contact Your Insurance Commissioners, Governors About H.R. 5840
(8/19/2008)
As you participate in PIA Month by contacting your members of Congress, don’t forget to get in touch with your state Insurance Commissioner and your Governor, as well... Full Story
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PIA Stands With State Insurance Legislators in Opposing H.R. 5840
(8/19/2008)
The nation’s state insurance legislators are steadfast in opposing the Insurance Information Act of 2008 (H.R. 5840). The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has been leading their effort... Full Story
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PIA National President Page: Federal Regulation Couldn’t Win An Up-or-Down Vote
(8/19/2008)
In his monthly letter to PIA members, PIA National President Robert Page points out that the reason supporters of federal regulation of insurance are using the Office of Insurance Information Act of 2008 (H.R. 5840) as a “cover” for their strategy is that their position would not survive an up-or-down vote in Congress... Full Story
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PIA’s Brevik Blogs On The Hill: State Regulation Works
(8/19/2008)
PIA National Executive Vice President & CEO Len Brevik, writing in the blog of the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill, says that the Insurance Information Act of 2008 is simply a federal power grab... Full Story
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PIA Nationwide Grassroots Alert – Stop H.R. 5840!
(8/19/2008)
PIA National has launched a nationwide Grassroots Action Alert asking all PIA members to contact their Members of Congress, to let them know that PIA opposes H.R. 5840 in its current form... Full Story
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State Legislators Reject Congressional Calls for OII
(8/12/2008)
In an August 1 letter to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) leaders spoke out against Congressional efforts to fast-track legislation to create a federal Office of Insurance Information (OII)—recommending that their federal colleagues slow down the legislative process for further debate and discussion... Full Story
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