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08/03/2011

 

Rest in Peace: Agents Move On From Contingent Commission Controversy

11/30/2010

 

NY Supreme Court Rules State Can Mandate Compensation Disclosure

08/24/2010

 

NY DOI to Meet Again This Week With PIA of New York On Disclosure Draft

03/31/2010

 

Marsh’s Main Brokerage to Forego Some, Not All, Contingents

02/02/2010

 

New York Insurance Department Modifies Agent Disclosure Rule

11/17/2009

 

Marsh Settles Lawsuits for $400 Million, Admits No Wrongdoing

09/22/2009

 

Mega-Brokers Want Contingent Commissions Reinstated, Talks Underway

09/15/2009

 

Improvements Made to Proposed Disclosure Rule in New York

08/04/2009

 

Gallagher Reaches Deal to Accept Contingent Commissions

07/29/2009

 

PIA of New York Advocates for More Changes to Disclosure Rule

07/15/2009

 

In New York, Insurance Department Softens Stance on Disclosure Rule

02/10/2009

 

Compensation Disclosure Issue Reemerges in NY

01/08/2009

 

Marsh Reaches $7 Million Settlement With Nine States

11/25/2008

 

Contingent Commission Suit Reinstated

07/29/2008

 

PIA of New York Testifies at Albany Compensation/Disclosure Hearings

04/15/2008

 

Connecticut Supreme Court Allows Damage Suit Against Marsh to Proceed

02/06/2008

 

AIG Pays $12.5 Million to Settle with States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations

12/04/2007

 

Action on Resolution Opposing Abuse of Settlements Postponed

12/04/2007

 

Remaining Resolute in the Face of An Onslaught

11/14/2007

 

Wall Street Journal Says State Attorneys General Need Code of Conduct

11/14/2007

 

PIA-backed NCOIL Resolution on Settlement Abuse to be Considered This Week

11/06/2007

 

PIA Supports NCOIL Resolution Opposing Use of Settlements to Make Public Policy

10/10/2007

 

Court Decisions on Contingent Commissions a Major Win for PIA Agents

10/02/2007

 

Courts Underscore Receiving Producer Compensation is Legal

09/11/2007

 

Judge Throws Out Federal Lawsuit Against Insurers, Brokers

09/11/2007

 

NAIC Official Expresses “Regret” to Agents on Contingent Commissions

08/29/2007

 

Ohio Accuses Marsh, Insurers of Price Fixing

08/15/2007

 

Marsh Gets Settlement Agreement Amended Again

07/31/2007

 

PIA Praises NCOIL for Advancing Open Meetings Resolution

07/25/2007

 

Important Member Resources Concerning The Hartford's Revised Compensation System

07/25/2007

 

Hartford President & COO Briefs PIA National on Settlement, Commission Changes

07/17/2007

 

Auerbach to Present PIA Position at NCOIL Panel on AGs Acting as Legislators

06/11/2007

 

Professional Insurance Agents Criticize RIMS Attack on Incentive Compensation

04/17/2007

 

PIA Comments on Dismissal of Aspects of Antitrust Lawsuit in A.M. Best

04/11/2007

 

An Aspect of Federal Class Action Rejected, But Battle Not Over

04/06/2007

 

PIA Working All Fronts to Fight Settlement Abuse

04/06/2007

 

Spitzer Litigation Undermines the State Regulatory System

03/27/2007

 

PIA Open Letter to Insurance Industry in This Week’s National Underwriter

03/20/2007

 

NAIC Broker Activities Task Force Continues to Meet Behind Closed Doors

03/13/2007

 

Brevik Comments on the Threat to Legal Contingent Commissions in March Rough Notes

03/06/2007

 

Update on Zurich Class Action

03/06/2007

 

PIA Addresses Issues During NCOIL Meeting

02/27/2007

 

Georgia Commissioner Oxendine Defends Main Street Agents, Contingent Commissions

02/27/2007

 

NCOIL to Consider Resolution Opposing Insurance Policymaking via Legal Settlements

02/15/2007

 

PIA to Address AGs Abuse of Settlement Process

01/17/2007

 

PIA Comments on Contingents, State Regulation in National Underwriter

01/17/2007

 

A.M. Best: Is the Contingent Commission Model Dead? Not Any Time Soon

01/09/2007

 

Connecticut AG Blumenthal Declares War on Contingent Commissions

01/09/2007

 

Who is Richard Blumenthal? The Man at War With Contingent Compensation

01/04/2007

 

MetLife Pays $19 Million to Settle Spitzer Probe

12/05/2006

 

Spitzer Tells Four Carriers They Cannot Pay Some Contingents

11/22/2006

 

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Warns of Bill to Ban Contingent Commissions

11/03/2006

 

Federal Court Hearing in Zurich Case on Monday November 6

11/03/2006

 

In-Depth Article on Spitzer, Contingent Commissions and PIA's Brief

10/31/2006

 

PIA Thanks Auto-Owners for Affirming Agent Profit Sharing

10/25/2006

 

PIA’s Court Filing on Disclosure, Contingent Commissions

10/24/2006

 

PIA Op-ed in Insurance Journal on Disclosure, Contingent Commissions

10/20/2006

 

PIA Working With NAIC to Amend Insurer Bid-Rigging Settlement

10/19/2006

 

PIA Files Brief Opposing Contingency and Disclosure Settlements

10/17/2006

 

PIA Asks U.S. District Court to Delay Approval of Class Settlement Involving Insurers

10/11/2006

 

PIA Files Reply Brief to 10 State AGs’ Challenge to Amicus, Requests Hearing

10/03/2006

 

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Tells PIA He Will Not Sign Settlement Agreement

09/28/2006

 

Ten State Attorneys General File Motion Against PIA Amicus Opposing Contingency and Disclosure Settlements

09/26/2006

 

PIA National Amicus Filing Prompts Coverage and Comment

09/20/2006

 

PIA National Files Amicus Opposing Contingency and Disclosure Settlements

09/14/2006

 

Aon Latest to Win Approval to Accept MGA Contingents

09/05/2006

 

Willis Joins Marsh in Getting Approval to Accept MGA Contingents

08/15/2006

 

PIA’s Support of Contingent Commissions in This Week’s National Underwriter

08/08/2006

 

PIA Criticizes Effort by Three AGs to Ban Contingent Commissions

08/08/2006

 

PIA Criticizes Effort to Ban Contingent Commissions

08/03/2006

 

Important Member Resources Concerning St. Paul Travelers' Three-State Producer Contingent Commission Settlement

05/17/2006

 

PIA Members-Only Resource on Zurich Settlement: Updated

05/09/2006

 

Liberty Mutual Denies Wrongdoing, Calls Settlement Offer “Excessive and Unreasonable”

04/12/2006

 

Zurich CEO John Lynch, General Counsel David Bowers, Brief PIA National Board

03/28/2006

 

Zurich Reaches Additional Settlement Agreements

03/28/2006

 

RIMS Holds Meeting on Transparency in Placements – Behind Closed Doors

03/24/2006

 

Important Member Resources Concerning Zurich's Nine-State Producer Compensation Disclosure Settlement

03/21/2006

 

Marsh to Settle California Probe; Florida Files New Suit

01/24/2006

 

NY Insurance Superintendent Mills Defends Contingents at PIA MetroRAP Event

10/28/2005

 

PIA Leaders Address Compensation Disclosure Issues at Annual Meetings of ASCnet and CPCU Society

10/14/2005

 

PIA Member Input Needed

10/12/2005

 

PIA Cited as Reference in Wharton Analysis of Spitzer and Contingents

10/12/2005

 

NY Commissioner Mills Remarks at PIANY Getting Press Coverage

10/04/2005

 

Mills Comments on Contingents, TRIA at PIA of New York Event

09/27/2005

 

NAIC Reports Multi-State Regulatory Settlement with Marsh

09/20/2005

 

Spitzer, Mills Announce Indictments of Eight Execs

07/06/2005

 

Massachusetts AG Sends Letters to Marsh Clients

07/01/2005

 

Main Street Agents and Competitiveness

06/22/2005

 

NAIC Ratifies Compensation Disclosure Amendment “As Is”

06/22/2005

 

AON Executive Chairman Says Don’t Banish Contingents

06/15/2005

 

PIA Thanks Progressive/Drive for Change in Agent Disclosure Notices

06/15/2005

 

Wharton Study Finds Contingent Commissions Necessary, Agents Essential to Industry

06/15/2005

 

Have You Prepared Your Agency for Changes Resulting from the Compensation Disclosure Fallout?

06/05/2005

 

PIA Cautions on Company-Specific Disclosure

05/27/2005

 

News Flash: Contingent Commissions Are Alive and Well

05/17/2005

 

Chair of NY Senate Insurance Committee: Main Street Agents Aren’t Mega-Brokers

05/17/2005

 

Former NAIC Presidents Agree Broker Scandal Won’t Lead to Total Fee Ban

05/17/2005

 

State Auto Affirms Agent Commissions

05/17/2005

 

Final PIA National Teleconference on Compensation Disclosure Scheduled for May 19

05/17/2005

 

PIA’s Auerbach to Chair Panel on Compensation This Week in New Hampshire

05/17/2005

 

Marsh Settlement Amended to Exempt Overseas Operations From Reforms

05/10/2005

 

FBI Backs Off Statements of “Broad Inquiry” Into Insurance Industry

05/10/2005

 

PIA’s Views on Contingents for Main Street Agents in May Rough Notes

05/10/2005

 

Connecticut House Passes Disclosure Measure

05/10/2005

 

PIA’s Pat Borowski Takes Part in Insurance Board of Northern Ohio’s’ “I” Day

05/10/2005

 

PCI’s Csiszar Equates Spitzer’s Tactics to McCarthyism

05/03/2005

 

New York Insurance Superintendent Defends Compensation for Main Street Agents

05/03/2005

 

Compensation Bill Opposed by PIA Defeated in California Senate Committee

04/28/2005

 

PIA Comments on Contingents Covered in This Week’s National Underwriter

04/27/2005

 

Zurich Defends Contingents, Says "One Size Does Not Fit All"

04/21/2005

 

PIA’s Borowski Speaks at NCSL, ARMS, PIA Western Alliance Forums

04/21/2005

 

RIMS Bans Press From Covering Sessions on Disclosure and Transparency

04/19/2005

 

An Analysis of the NCOIL and NAIC Models

04/13/2005

 

PIA’s Sitzes Calls New California Disclosure Proposal “Ridiculous”

04/13/2005

 

Former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg Takes the Fifth

04/05/2005

 

PIA National Presents Program #1 in "Spitzer Series"

04/05/2005

 

NAIC's Koken Acknowledges Differences Between Agents and Brokers

03/29/2005

 

Illinois Agency Fined, Punished for Not Disclosing Fees

03/22/2005

 

PIA National Welcomes NAIC Suggestion to Modify Model

03/15/2005

 

PIA’s Auerbach Testifies at NAIC Hearing in Salt Lake City

03/15/2005

 

Poolman Advises NAIC “Don’t Attack a Mosquito With a Sledgehammer”

03/15/2005

 

PIA Summary of NCOIL Compensation Disclosure Model

03/09/2005

 

Spitzer Says Vast Majority of Insurance Brokers and Agents Are Honest

03/09/2005

 

Aon Agrees to Pay $190 million to Settle Spitzer Allegations

03/09/2005

 

NAIC Meets This Week, Broker Disclosure On Agenda

03/09/2005

 

Louisiana Commissioner Faults NAIC Model For Including Agents in Broker Rules

03/09/2005

 

Two Small Florida Businesses Sue Two Dozen Insurers, Agents

03/01/2005

 

Oregon DOI’s Ario Tells PIA Additions to NAIC Model Not Likely

03/01/2005

 

NCOIL to Resume Debate on Broker Fee Model

03/01/2005

 

Another Former Marsh Executive Pleads Guilty

03/01/2005

 

Kreidler Says He’s Found Something, Won’t Say What

02/23/2005

 

PIA Troops Fan Out Across States on Disclosure Issue

02/15/2005

 

Washington State Insurance Commissioner to PIA: I’m Not Spitzer

02/15/2005

 

Connecticut Governor, Attorney General Disagree on Disclosure

02/15/2005

 

Nevada Adopts Temporary Reg On Disclosure That Only Applies to Brokers

02/15/2005

 

AIG Gets Subpoenas From SEC, Spitzer

02/08/2005

 

Is Subsection B Dead? Koken Says Maybe

02/08/2005

 

NAIC President Says Marsh Settlement Should Help Restore Faith in Industry

02/08/2005

 

Hartford Courant Article Asks: Do Agents Get You the Best Deal?

02/08/2005

 

PIA Western Alliance to Hold Series of Seminars on Disclosure

02/01/2005

 

Spitzer Says Contingent Commissions "May Be Appropriate"

02/01/2005

 

Marsh Settles Charges for $850 Million

02/01/2005

 

Connecticut AG Focuses on Personal Lines

02/01/2005

 

NAIC Launches On-line Insurance Fraud Reporting System

01/27/2005

 

National Underwriter Article Details PIA Protest to Consumer Reports Magazine

01/27/2005

 

PIA's Brevik & Borowski Comment on the NAIC Model in Insurance Advocate

01/27/2005

 

PIA Meets With Georgia Commissioner, Obtains Change in Disclosure Legislation

01/27/2005

 

Marsh, Ace Sued by Connecticut Attorney General

01/27/2005

 

Massachusetts Trial Lawyer Prepares to File Class-Action Suit Against Marsh, Others

01/27/2005

 

Statement by PIA National in Response to 1/26/05 Study by Consumer Federation of America (CFA)

01/21/2005

 

PIA Breaks With NAIC on Broker Disclosure Model

01/21/2005

 

The NAIC’s Broker Disclosure Model — A Look at What’s Next in the Process

01/20/2005

 

Spitzer Says $750 Million, Public Apology Will Settle Marsh Lawsuit

01/20/2005

 

Marsh Hearing Postponed Again, Serio to Join Powerful NY Lobbying Firm

01/20/2005

 

NAIC Circulates a Proposed General Disclosure Requirement for Comment

01/20/2005

 

California Still Mulling Broker Regulations, Sitzes Comments

01/12/2005

 

Spitzer Tells New York Lawmakers More Charges Are On the Way

01/12/2005

 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Criticizes Spitzer

01/06/2005

 

PIA National Will Oppose NAIC Compensation Disclosure Model As Passed

01/05/2005

 

What's Next for the NAIC Disclosure Model

01/05/2005

 

PIA National Summary of the NAIC’s Compensation Disclosure Model

12/29/2004

 

PIA National Submits Formal Comments to NAIC Draft 3, NAIC Issues New Draft

12/29/2004

 

NAMIC Says NAIC Should Debate Models in Public, Not Behind Closed Doors

12/29/2004

 

Aon Introduces Underwriter Billing System to Engender "Transparency"

12/29/2004

 

Spitzer's Christmas Message: Ho, Ho, No

12/21/2004

 

PIA to File Formal Comments on Draft 3 of NAIC Broker Compensation Model

12/21/2004

 

PIA National to Make Additional Comments on NAIC's Fiduciary Model

12/20/2004

 

PIA National Protests Article in January Consumer Reports

12/17/2004

 

NAIC Continues Work on Fiduciary Responsibility of Insurance Producers Model Act

12/14/2004

 

PIA National Admonishes CFA’s Hunter for Remarks During Senate Testimony

12/14/2004

 

PIA National Files Comments on Latest Draft of NAIC Broker Disclosure Model

12/14/2004

 

PIA National, PIA Western Alliance File Comments in California, Oregon

12/14/2004

 

District of Columbia DOI Launches Probe in Wake of Spitzer

12/10/2004

 

Beware of Prairie Fires

12/07/2004

 

AIG’s Greenberg Says Large Brokers Will Survive, “Leaner”

12/07/2004

 

New York Cancels Brokerage Hearing, PIANY Comments

11/30/2004

 

PIA National to Testify at December 4 NAIC Hearing on Disclosure Model

11/30/2004

 

Arkansas Issues “Reminder” on Compensation

11/30/2004

 

NY DOI Postpones Marsh Hearing

11/29/2004

 

Spitzer Probe Should Not Prompt Federal Oversight

11/24/2004

 

PIA National Comments at NCOIL Meeting on Broker Disclosure, Compensation Issues

11/24/2004

 

PIA National to Testify on NAIC Model Act for Broker Disclosures

11/24/2004

 

PCI's Csiszar: Focus on the Fire, Not On All the Smoke

11/24/2004

 

Survey: Few Insurance Buyers Switch Brokers, Few Want End to Contingents

11/17/2004

 

NAIC Releases Draft of Model on Broker Disclosures

11/16/2004

 

PIA National Introduces Public Policy Guide on Compensation at Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing

11/10/2004

 

PIA Meets with Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine, Discusses Compensation Issues

11/08/2004

 

PIA National Lauds Koken, NAIC for Forming Task Force to Examine Commercial Broker Compensation

11/02/2004

 

Senate Hearing Set on Broker Fees

11/02/2004

 

CPCU Society Issues Ethics Policy Statement

11/02/2004

 

DC Regulator Likens Spitzer Probe to “Piracy”

11/02/2004

 

NC Commissioner Long Issues Demand Letter in Wake of Spitzer

10/26/2004

 

Marsh CEO Resigns, Marsh Hearing Set by NY DOI

10/26/2004

 

NAIC Statement; Various States Announce Investigations

10/26/2004

 

Sen. Shelby Plans Hearing; Serio, Garamendi Say State Regulation is Working

10/26/2004

 

PCI’s Csiszar Says Industry Unfairly Painted in Light of Alleged Illegal Practices

10/18/2004

 

PIA Comments on Actions By New York AG Spitzer

10/18/2004

 

New York Attorney General Sues Marsh & McLennan Companies

Patricia A. Borowski
Sr. VP, Government/Regulatory Affairs
patbo@pianet.org
(703) 518-1360

Mike Becker
Assistant Vice President, Federal Affairs
mikebe@pianet.org 
(703) 518-1365