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For the past few years, the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Government Affairs Committee has put high on its list of endeavors the passage of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act. Among other things, the bill would streamline the regulation of surplus lines insurance and reinsurance by creating a uniform system of premium tax allocation and remittance, one-state compliance on multi-state surplus lines risks, and direct access to the surplus lines market for sophisticated purchasers. Kurt Bingeman of the Boca Raton, FL-based Russell Bond & Co and co-chair of the committee, says that the AAMGA will work diligently again this year for passage of the proposed law.
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- Jack Beuse, a Pikes Peak Association of Realtors' board member and a real estate agent with Paradigm Real Estate, received the Political Service Award at this month's Colorado Association of Realtors' annual convention in Denver. The award recognizes real estate agents for their commitment to the real estate community via their involvement in local and state political issues. Beuse, a PPAR member since 2003, is the current chairman of the organization's government affairs committee. He also is serving as the CAR legislative policy committee chairman for the second straight year. - Christi Mayfield has been appointed as the new membership specialist at the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mayfield was previously with Peak Vista Community Health Systems as communications...
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The mission of the Civic Affairs Committee (CAC) calls for committee members to attend county and township meetings, as well as the meetings of government committees whose work might impact The Territory. Of note this month, CAC members reported that both the County Board and its Legislative Committee spent considerable time on the state's "prevailing wage" law. Many local lawmakers think these wages, which apply statewide for government work, are unrealistically high in small counties like Jo Daviess. They plan to explore ways to get the law modified. Meanwhile, CAC will be working with the Galena Territory Foundation's Education and Taxation Committee to provide information on how our tax dollars are being spent by the schools. CAC would like property owners to have easy-to-digest fin...
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Erie County Legislature Chairwoman Barbara Miller-Williams defended her plan for 11 new legislative districts Monday after fellow Democrats proposed an alternative that would cut off her strategy at the knees. I will say to each and every one of you, I did the best I could. We can't keep going back and forth, nitpicking," Miller-Williams said as the Legislature's Government Affairs Committee looked at the latest option, which has drawn seven sponsors and would pass with support from just one more lawmaker.
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- FirstFitness Nutrition announced that Lisa Garrison has been named certified wellness coach. She is one of eight independent distributors within the company to have achieved this certification. She joined FirstFitness Nutrition in 2004 and works with clients nationwide in weight loss and wellness education. She works with private clients, as well as speaking for large groups on the differences between dieting and detoxifying the body. She has been a featured speaker for several national conferences and education venues and will host Nigel Branson, president/CEO of FirstFitness Nutrition, in Colorado Springs on Nov. 5 for a wellness symposium. - Jack Beuse, a Pikes Peak Association of Realtors' board member and a real estate agent with Paradigm Real Estate, received the Political Servi...
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Business interests argued Tuesday for a slimmed-down version of a public health care insurance exchange proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley to bring the state in line with the federal health care overhaul passed last year. We have an opportunity to connect Marylanders to affordable health care coverage," Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown said during a House Health and Government Affairs Committee hearing. "That small business owner, who has been for years trying to extend health care coverage to her five employees in the pizza parlor, is going to have a place to go to find information about insurance and health care coverage.
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Jason Boesch has a natural tendency to organize and quantify things. He chose his career in accounting for that reason and has since served the Credit Union Association of Oklahoma as part of his work with Oklahoma RE&T Credit Union. In fact, he was selected for the credit union association's Government Affairs Committee in 2002 and has served as chairman since 2005. As chairman of this committee, I have annually traveled to Washington D.C., to educate the Oklahoma congressional delegation on the benefits of credit unions," says Boesch. "That is, people joining together to accomplish collectively what they could not do individually. I have also been elected to and currently serve on the CUAOk Audit Committee as chairman.
