INSURANCE

Abstracts

15 Fallacies of Products Liability ``Reform'', 26156-26162 [25SE]

Addresses

Assessing the Civil Justice System: Richard J. Haayen, 9685 [6MY]

Amendments

Atomic warfare: liability of Government contractors for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (S. 2454), 14182 [17JN], 29031 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: clarify U.S. code relative to collective bargaining agreements by debtors (H.R. 5490), 28531, 28564, 28565 [3OC]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (S. 2690), 18099, 18127 [30JY]

Federal Housing Administration: extension of mortgage insurance programs (H.J. Res. 652), 14378, 14443 [18JN], 14638, 14639, 14640 [19JN], 14949, 14966 [23JN], 15182 [24JN]

FSLIC: recapitalize (S. 2752), 23097, 23098 [12SE]

Government contractors: liability for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (S. 2454), 29031 [6OC]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 2799), 22461 [9SE], 26868, 26877 [27SE]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2760), 21995 [15AU], 23824-23826 [17SE], 25132, 25136, 25137 [22SE], 25854-25857 [24SE]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (S. 2129), 16774, 16783, 16790, 16858, 16860 [17JY], 29060 [6OC], 29955 [9OC]

———collective bargaining groups formed by business and associations (S. 2129), 29087 [6OC]

Analyses

Constitutionality of Federal Tort Reform: Henry Cohen, 25479 [23SE]

Crop Insurance Act (H.R. 5605), 26578 [26SE]

Deposit Insurance Reform and Competition Enhancement Act (S. 2592), 15132-15148 [24JN]

Depository Institutions Insider Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 4956), 12979 [9JN]

Facilitate the Provision of Additional Financial Resources to the FSLIC (S. 2491), 11734-11736 [21MY]

Government Contractor Liability Reform Act (S. 2441), 10367 [13MY]

Insurance Trend Forecasting Act (S. 2497), 11749 [21MY]

Liability Insurance Reform Act (S. 2752), 21379-21383 [13AU]

Nuclear Facility Standardization Act (S. 2073), 2195 [18FE]

Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act (H.R. 4832), 11101-11104 [15MY]

Tort Action Procedure Reform Act (H.R. 4920), 12287 [3JN]

Articles and editorials

Big Change in Business Insurance, 2435 [19FE]

Both Sets of Underwriting Books Under Fire, 6790 [8AP]

Boy Scouts Plan a Special Liability Insurance Fee, 11799 [21MY]

Capacity of State Guaranty Funds Questioned, Federal Role Suggested, 16994 [17JY]

Car-Seat Makers Are Quitting Over Issue of Liability, 13143 [10JN]

Cigna Is Setting Aside in Cash Only Half of $1.2 Billion Addition to Its Reserves, 4373 [11MR]

``Crisis'' Accurate Label for Insurance Mess, 8230 [21AP]

Cumberland Jail Closed Over Lack of Insurance, 11797 [21MY]

D.C. AIDS Bill, 18694 [1AU]

Discouraging Excessive Liability Claims, 14745 [19JN]

Don't Rush To Condemn Contingency Fees, 11960 [22MY]

Every Wednesday, I Take a Vacation From Redtape, 19884 [7AU]

Everybody's Crisis, 5608 [20MR]

Faulty Protection—Current Insolvency Laws Insufficient and in Need of Reform, 16787 [17JY]

Fear of Liability Is Taking Bang, Fire Out of the Fourth, 16041 [26JN]

Firm Will Nearly Triple Price of DPT Vaccine—Lederle Blames Liability Problems, 12272 [3JN]

Health and Law Suits (excerpts), 20734, 20735 [11AU]

History of Accounting in Insurance Analyzed, 6790 [8AP]

Indigent Health Care Issue Takes Spotlight, 217 [21JA]

Insolvent Insurers Targeted, 16994 [17JY]

Insurance Costs Imperil Recreation Industry, 10814 [15MY]

Insurance Crisis in Kentucky, 11797 [21MY]

Insurance Famine Plagues Nation, 4359 [11MR]

Insurance Famine Plagues Nation (series), 2683-2688 [25FE]

Insurance Industry Is To Blame—So Why Change the Legal System?, 8022 [17AP]

Insurance Problem May Soon Sidetrack the Railway Museum, 16040 [26JN]

Insurance Rates Hold N.J. Non-$$ Groups Hostage—Official, 1797 [5FE]

Insurance Woes Leave Special Jersey Fund Holding a $56 Million Bag, 20748 [11AU]

Insurers Urged To Sever Ties With Lloyd's, 19891 [7AU]

Kentucky Derby Festival Dodges Bullet, 8000-8002 [17AP]

Lawyering of America, 4579 [12MR]

Lawyers Raise Funds To Protect Fees, 12503 [4JN]

Let Business Cut Health Costs, 6387 [27MR]

Liability Crisis, 9784-9787 [7MY]

Liability Crisis—How a Good Town Become a Bad Risk, 4864-4866 [13MR]

Liability Crisis—Litigation Loosens Stiff Upper Lip, 4581 [12MR]

Liability Insurance in Crisis, 6581 [27MR]

Liability Insurance Rates Skyrocket—NGA Survey, 158 [21JA]

Liability Law Reform Parade Grows, 13632 [12JN]

Liability Lottery, 4361 [11MR]

Liability Threat Slows Progress of Medical Technology, 23920 [18SE]

Malpractice Is Insurance Chasing Doctors Away, 6765 [8AP]

Manufactured Crisis, 25121-25124 [22SE]

Medicare Prospective Payment System (excerpt), 8024 [17AP]

NASA Had Solution to Key Flaw in Rocket When Shuttle Exploded, 25103-25105 [22SE]

Old Laws for the Banks, 22214 [15AU]

Patient Gets $800,000 in Insurance Suit, 11094 [15MY]

Peer Review Among Doctors Receives Boost, 30770 [14OC]

Pension Leak, 652 [28JA]

Product Liability (excerpt), 23728 [17SE]

Product Liability Stifling Creativity?, 32547 [16OC]

Property/Casualty Reserve Discounting Hit, 6791 [8AP]

Regulators Hit for Insurance Crisis; Merin—Government Actions ``Abysmal'', 16980 [17JY]

Regulators Warn Insurers About Solvency, 16786 [17JY]

Reins on Insurance, 5438 [19MR]

Risk Managers Continue To Oppose New Policy, 2436 [19FE]

Shooting the Insurance Messenger, 14462 [18JN]

Solution to the Liability Insurance Crisis (excerpt), 25119 [22SE]

Some Insurers Stop Writing Health, Life Polices in DC, 28401 [3OC]

Sorry, Your Policy Is Canceled, 5109-5113 [18MR]

Speedy Action Is Critical, 5344 [18MR]

Superfund Insurance, 8576 [23AP]

Support Continues for an Expanded Medicare Reimbursement Policy, 33632 [17OC]

To Curb Medical Suits, 7044 [9AP]

Tort Liability Insurance (excerpt), 10983, 10984, 10986, 10987 [15MY]

U.S. Inquiry Finds Pattern of Fraud in Housing Loans, 2867 [26FE]

Voice of the People, 17264 [22JY]

Warner Would Back Change in Atomic Veterans Law, 10838 [15MY]

Waste-Disposal Firms To Set Up Insurance Pool, 2228 [18FE]

We All Pay for the Flimsy Assurance of Insurance, 5575 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: transfer of funds for insured loans (see H.R. 5317, 5335)

Aliens: restriction on establishment or acquisition of banking facilities (see H.R. 4566)

Antitrust actions: treble damage liability for companies operating under State regulations (see S. 2103)

Antitrust policy: application (see S. 2848)

———clarify exemption (see S. 2458)

———legality of certain essential collective activities (see H.R. 4503)

———repeal immunity (see H.R. 4503)

Atomic power plant accidents: clarify U.S. financial obligations and remove limits on liability (see S. 2072)

———extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification (see H.R. 5650)

Atomic warfare: liability of Government contractors for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (see S. 2454)

Aviation accidents: uniform standards of liability (see S. 2794)

Bank holding companies: authority to engage in securities, real estate, and insurance activities (see H.R. 5220)

Bankruptcy: prevent rejection of contracts providing medical benefits to current or former employees of debtor (see H.R. 5298)

Business and professional associations: liability insurance (see H.R. 4796)

Collective purchasing groups: facilitate coverage (see H.R. 4442)

Data: collection and availability to certain State and Federal officials (see H.R. 4877)

Deposit insurance: strengthen Federal programs and enhance competition (see S. 2592)

Employee's life insurance fund: investment in certain Government securities (see H.R. 5364)

ERISA: employer-based health insurance coverage (see H.R. 5519)

Federal Crop Insurance Act: amend (see H.R. 5605)

———improve administration (see S. 2851)

Federal Crop Insurance Corp.: determination of insurance units (see H.R. 4791)

Federal Deposit Insurance Modernization Act: enact (see H.R. 4225)

Federal employees: expand the class of individuals eligible for refunds of overpayments to health plans (see S. 2017, 2020; H.R. 4061)

———increase amount of basic group life insurance (see H.R. 5364)

———insurance coverage of cleft lip and cleft palate (see H.R. 5589)

———open seasons before the start of any contract year in which there are changes in health insurance program (see S. 2020)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Rebate Act: enact (see S. 2018)

Federal Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 4499)

Fire fighters: survivors' benefits (see H.R. 4818)

Floods: cancellation of policies under National Flood Insurance Act (see H.R. 4654)

Fort Snelling, MN: closing of VA Insurance Center (see H. Res. 423)

Fringe benefits: tax treatment of certain (see S. Res. 303)

FSLIC: recapitalize (see S. 2752)

FSLIC Recapitalization Act: enact (see S. 2491; H.R. 4907)

FTC: remove restricted authority (see H.R. 5713)

Government contractors: liability for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (see S. 2454)

———limitations on civil liability (see S. 2441; H.R. 4765)

Government regulation: remove exemption (see H.R. 4502)

Health Equity and Incentives Reform Act: enact (see S. 2485)

Health insurance: access (see S. 2402, 2403; H.R. 4742)

———tax treatment of certain amounts received as settlement of claims for postretirement coverage (see S. 2254)

Health Plan Promotion Act: enact (see S. 2486)

Hospitals: collection and dissemination of information relative to payments in medical malpractice claims and certain adverse decisions (see H.R. 5540)

Housing: eligibility of certain property for single family mortgage insurance (see S. 2882; H.R. 5564)

Individual retirement accounts: regulation of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 5255)

Insurance Availability Crisis Commission: establish (see H.R. 4524)

Insurance companies: define business (see H.R. 4504)

———regulation of industry (see H.R. 4500)

Insurance Trend Forecasting Act: enact (see S. 2497)

Interstate commerce: uniform product liability law (see S. 2760)

Law enforcement officers: survivors' benefits (see H.R. 4818)

Liability for aircraft accidents: uniform rules (see H.R. 4717)

Liability insurance: collective purchasing groups (see H.R. 4442, 4506)

———establish commission to study availability and affordability crisis (see H.R. 4619, 4655)

———limits in tort system (see S. 2742)

———uniform standards (see H.R. 4505)

Liability law: promote interest of consumers and ensure free flow of products in interstate commerce (see S. 2441; H.R. 4766)

———standards in State tort liability systems (see H.R. 4874)

LTV Corp.: resume health and life insurance benefits for retirees (see S. 2690; H.R. 5276, 5283)

Malpractice: collection and dissemination to hospitals of information concerning certain payments and adverse decisions (see S. 2677)

Medicare: prompt payment of claims (see S. Res. 420)

Military disability: mortgage protection life insurance for certain veterans (see H.R. 4992)

National Academy of Social Insurance: grant charter (see S. 2933)

National Commission on the Liability Crisis: establish (see H.R. 4655)

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2340)

Oilspills: improve Federal compensation laws and establish liability (see S. 2799, 2820)

OMB: voluntary contractual alternatives to prevailing tort basis for compensating persons for injuries or illness incurred during medical treatment (see S. 2941)

Postal Service: free insurance up to value of $100 (see H.R. 5649)

Product liability: uniform law (see S. 2760; H.R. 5471)

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (see S. 2129; H.R. 4301)

———include coverage of other lines of liability insurance (see H.R. 5225)

Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 4425)

Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act: disapprove (see S.J. Res. 366; H.J. Res. 663)

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: increase benefits (see H.R. 5501)

Rural development: transfer of funds for insured loans (see H.R. 5317, 5335)

Ship Mortgage Act: amend (see H.R. 5102)

Single-family mortgage insurance program: reform (see S. 2112; H.R. 4318)

Social Security: disability insurance program (see S. Con. Res. 167; H. Con. Res. 408)

States: exemption from certain Government regulation (see H.R. 4501)

Taxation: deduction for contributions to liability insurance funds (see H.R. 4796)

———treatment of certain fringe benefits (see S. Res. 303)

Unemployment: deferral of higher loan repayment tax for certain States (see S. 2111)

Unemployment insurance: definition of certain foreign countries' labor subsidies under countervailing duty laws (see S. 2311; H.R. 4590)

Uninsured Workers' Health Insurance Act: enact (see S. 2484)

VA: home loan guarantee authority (see S. 2475)

———interest on loans secured by National Service Life Insurance policies (see H.R. 5275)

Veterans: life insurance for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4966)

———permit certain eligible veterans to purchase up to $20,000 of national service life insurance (see H.R. 4967)

Cloture motions

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2760), consideration, 26135 [25SE]

Court decisions

Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Haworth: Supreme Court (excerpt), 3913 [6MR]

Descriptions

Deferral of higher unemployment loan repayment tax for States with unusually high unemployment (S. 2111), 2865 [26FE]

Examples

Calculations of tax subsidies for health insurance under current law, S. 2484, S. 2485, and S. 2486, 11728 [21MY]

Explanations

Federal Crop Insurance Act (S. 2851), 25680 [23SE]

Gorton amendment to the Product Liability Risk Retention Act amendments, 16776 [17JY]

Interviews

Challenger (space shuttle) launch: National Public Radio with witness, 25105 [22SE]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Aetna (company), 28402 [3OC]

———Great-West Life Assurance Co., 28402 [3OC]

———Mutual of Omaha (company), 28402 [3OC]

———Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co., 28401 [3OC]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome testing for insurance purposes: Brett Fuller, 18696 [1AU]

———Cleveland B. Sparrow, Sr., 18694 [1AU]

———Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia, 18695 [1AU]

———John D. Bussey, 18695 [1AU]

———John G. Martin, 18695 [1AU]

———T. Burton Pierce, 18696 [1AU]

———several insurance underwriters, 18695 [1AU]

Facilitate the provision of additional financial resources to the FSLIC: Dept. of the Treasury, 11736 [21MY]

———OMB, 11737 [21MY]

Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance credit ceiling: Representative Boland, 23175 [12SE]

Insurance crisis: Thomas S. Higgins, 21754 [14AU]

Legal and constitutional problems created by Health Care Quality Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary, 30769 [14OC]

Legal rights of certain veterans for losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs: Dept. of Energy, 10834 [15MY]

———Senator Cranston (sundry), 10834, 10837 [15MY]

———Senator Murkowski (sundry), 10833, 10838 [15MY]

———Senator Warner (sundry), 10835 [15MY]

Liability insurance crisis: Ernest Palmer, Jr., 14462 [18JN]

Liability Risk Retention Act: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 29839 [8OC]

Nuclear Facility Standardization Act: Dept. of Energy, 2196 [18FE]

Open letter to Members of Congress: Committee Against D.C. Act 6-170 (AIDS Insurance Act), 24720-24722 [18SE]

Product Liability Reform Act: ABA, 26138, 26154 [25SE]

———AFL-CIO, 26155 [25SE]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: Dept. of Commerce, 16774 [17JY]

Retiree benefits of bankrupt companies: Representative Clay, 28564 [3OC]

Sherman doctors' compassion, generous response praised: Donald M. Hayes, 33664 [17OC]

State unemployment insurance and employment service operations funding: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 22577 [10SE]

Lists

Changes for State examiners to follow in making disability determinations, 29932 [9OC]

Members of the National Academy of Social Insurance Organizing Committee, 32591 [16OC]

Organizations supporting the Access to Health Care Act (S. 2402), 9311 [1MY]

Task force on long term health care policies members, 28668 [3OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 6313 [26MR], 16371 [14JY], 23670 [17SE], 24955 [19SE], 27266 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Hawaii, 10404 [13MY], 10704 [14MY], 12624 [5JN]

Pennsylvania, 22847 [11SE]

Messages

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 3384)—Veto: President Reagan, 2 [21JA]

Motion

Liability Risk Retention Act: enact (H.R. 5225), pass S. 2129 in lieu, 25407 [23SE]

Petitions

Insurance liability risk retention: National Conference of State Legislatures, 22207 [15AU]

National crisis: Grover A. Perrigue III, 15288 [24JN]

Product Liability Insurance: National Governors' Association, 25067 [19SE]

Repealing the insurance industry's exemption from the antitrust laws: National Association of Attorneys General, 16754 [16JY]

Polls of opinion

Excessive cash settlements and lawyers faulted for rise in liability suits, 13862 [16JN]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: uniform liability rules for accidents (H.R. 4142), 26196 [25SE]

Aged: television advertisements, 15656 [26JN]

Aircraft manufacturers: product liability, 26196 [25SE]

Aviation industry: product liability costs, 23604 [17SE]

Bank Definition Act: enact (H.R. 20), 8584 [23AP], 9001 [29AP], 17501 [23JY], 21634 [14AU]

Bankruptcy: clarify U.S. code relative to collective bargaining agreements by debtors (H.R. 5490), 22484 [9SE], 26977 [29SE], 30425 [10OC]

———prevent rejection of health contracts for hospitalization and benefits to employees or former employees of debtor (H.R. 5298), 18258 [31JY]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (H.R. 5276), 18040 [29JY], 18416 [5AU]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (H.R. 5283), 18416 [1AU]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (H.R. 5298), 18814 [1AU]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (H.R. 5304), 19622 [6AU]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (H.R. 5490), 22484 [9SE]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (S. 2690), 18838 [1AU]

———protection of retirees' benefits, 26977 [29SE]

Banks and banking: changes in regulation, 22214 [15AU]

———improve insurance coverage (H.R. 4956), 12979, 12981 [9JN]

Blind persons: insurance coverage, 10655 [14MY]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield: court ruling on tax exempt status, 11093 [15MY]

Buffalo, NY, Life Underwriters Association: tribute, 27444 [30SE]

Business: establish uniform liability code, 4864 [13MR]

———liability crisis, 8854 [29AP]

———liability insurance costs, 1811 [5FE], 2435 [19FE], 2472 [20FE], 4005 [6MR], 4359, 4373 [11MR], 4601 [12MR], 4864 [13MR], 5049 [17MR], 5197 [18MR], 5575 [19MR], 6051 [25MR], 6605 [8AP], 8021, 8043 [17AP], 8201 [21AP], 8331 [22AP], 8447 [23AP], 11365 [20MY], 11462 [20MY], 12547 [5JN], 13189 [11JN], 13440 [12JN], 16457 [15JY], 16754 [16JY], 22318 [9SE]

———prohibit certain companies filing for bankruptcy from canceling retirees' life insurance and health benefits (H.R. 5283), 17993, 17995 [29JY], 18147, 18148, 18150 [30JY], 18258, 18413 [31JY], 18416 [4AU]-18417 [31JY], 19622 [6AU]

Captain Panagos (vessel): insurance claims and the Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, IL, mortgage, 23856-23858 [17SE]

Child care: effect of liability insurance crisis, 16303 [26JN]

Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 21028 [12AU], 21037 [13AU]-21038 [12AU], 21140, 21141 [13AU]

Commercial Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 18819 [1AU]

Company reserves: reporting, 6790 [8AP]

Consumers: liability coverage (S. 2129), 30428 [10OC]

Courts: tort litigation, 20733-20737 [11AU]

Crop Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 5605), 26577 [26SE]

Depository Institutions Insider Fraud Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 4956), 12981 [9JN]

District of Columbia: acquired immune deficiency syndrome presence screening tests, 17641 [24JY]

Fair Insurance Coverage Act: enact, 10655 [14MY]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: extension, 12553-12559 [5JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Modernization Act: enact (H.R. 4225), 2674 [25FE]

Federal employees: health insurance coverage for cleft lip and/or palate, 26382 [25SE]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4061), 645 [28JA], 1338 [3FE], 1346 [4FE]

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 5364), 20731 [11AU]

Federal Employees Long-Term Care Act: enact, 33599, 33621 [17OC]

Federal Housing Administration: extension of mortgage insurance programs (H.J. Res. 652), 13515 [12JN], 14638 [19JN], 15182 [24JN], 15460 [25JN]

Federal Insurance Commission: establish (H.R. 4499), 6051 [25MR]

Financial services firms: diversification, 32708 [17OC]

Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (H.R. 5013), 21140, 21141 [13AU]

Fishing vessels: limit liability of owners and operators complying with safety requirements (H.R. 4407), 6154-6155 [25MR]

———require safety equipment and inspections (H.R. 4415), 4687 [13MR]

Foreign countries: product liability insurance (H.R. 5688), 32173 [16OC]

Foreign relations: decline of foreign reinsurers in U.S. market, 19891 [7AU]

Foreign trade: protect against counterfeit products, 30215 [10OC]

General Aviation Tort Reform Act: enact, 16457 [15JY]

———enact (H.R. 4141), 23604 [17SE]

———enact (H.R. 4717), 9138 [30AP]

Government Contractor Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4765), 9760 [7MY]

Health: access (H.R. 4742), 9202 [1MY]

———catastrophic insurance, 1752 [5FE]

———medical malpractice, 3385 [3MR]

———personal injury coverage, 9186 [1MY], 9706 [6MY]

———share of reimbursement costs with medicare, 2890 [26FE]

Health Care Financing Administration: coverage for home health care, 32978 [18OC]

Health Care Quality Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5110), 16305 [26JN]

Health insurance: availability of affordable, high quality long term, 28667 [3OC]

Hospitals: transfer of noninsured indigent patients from private to public, 217 [21JA]

Housing: single family mortgage insurance (H.R. 5564), 24780 [19SE], 27020 [29SE]

Insurance Availability Crisis Commission: establish (H.R. 4524), 6605 [8AP]

Insurance Information Act: enact (H.R. 4910), 11950 [22MY]

Interstate: regulation, 16994 [17JY]

Iron and steel industry: require to use tax credits for employee insurance or retirement benefits, or reinvest them (H.R. 5327), 18844 [1AU]

Korea, Republic of: U.S. access to insurance market, 17053 [21JY]

Liability: establish court arbitration panels for personal injury liability actions (H.R. 4920), 12103 [3JN], 12508 [4JN]

Liability for aircraft accidents: uniform rules (H.R. 4717), 9138 [30AP]

Liability insurance: crisis, 9186 [1MY], 14462 [18JN], 18255 [31JY], 19017 [5AU], 20733-20737 [11AU], 23604 [17SE]

Liability Risk Retention Act: enact (H.R. 5225), 17504 [23JY], 25399-25407 [23SE], 26583 [26SE], 29839 [8OC]

———enact (H.R. 5225), S. 2129 passed in lieu, 25407 [23SE]

Little League Baseball: impact of high insurance premiums, 13440 [12JN]

Local Government Liability Relief Act: enact (H.R. 4406), 5589 [19MR]

Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Act: enact (H.R. 5255), 18151 [30JY]

Medical care: recommend measures for cost and quality control (H. Res. 386), 9186 [1MY], 9706 [6MY]

Medicare: prompt payment of claims (H. Res. 471), 15618 [25JN]

———prospective payment system, 8024 [17AP]

Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 4287), 9690 [6MY], 33631 [17OC]

Mental health: coverage under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 9705 [6MY]

Mutual life: taxation, 30453 [10OC]

National Association of Attorneys General: position on unavailability and unaffordability of liability insurance, 16753 [16JY]

National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment: study of catastrophic medical costs, 23278 [12SE]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: enact (H.R. 5184), 16994 [17JY]

National Symposium on Civil Justice Issues: civil justice system, 9685 [6MY]

New Jersey: task force on catastrophic and long-term health insurance for the elderly, 16974 [17JY]

Premiums: establish commission to regulate (H.R. 4499), 6051 [25MR]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4766), 11960 [22MY], 18242 [30JY]

———enact (H.R. 5471), 22319 [9SE]

———enact (H.R. 4766), 9760 [7MY]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (H.R. 4301), 3446 [4MR], 3574 [4MR], 5344 [18MR], 16283 [26JN]

———amend (H.R. 4442), 5328 [18MR]

———amend (S. 2129), 29955, 29970 [9OC]

Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 4425), 5049 [17MR], 5084 [17MR]

Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 4832), 11101 [15MY]

Product safety: liability, 1448 [4FE], 26196 [25SE]

Professionals' Liability Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4874), 12023 [22MY]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Insolvency and Benefit Increase Act: enact (H.R. 5501), 23005 [11SE]

Reading and Berks County, PA: conference on health care and catastrophic insurance, 7823 [16AP]

Self-Insurance Enhancement Act: enact (H.R. 4524), 10227 [8MY]

———enact (H.R. 4796), 10123 [8MY]

Single Family Mortgage Insurance Fraud Detection and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 4318), 3643 [5MR]

States: recommend measures for medical cost and quality control (H. Res. 386), 9186 [1MY], 9706 [6MY]

Supplemental Medical Insurance Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5320), 18852 [1AU]

Taxation: insurance contracts (H. Res. 598), 33644 [17OC]

———liability claim funds (H.R. 4796), 10123 [8MY]

Tax-exempt organizations: impact of decline in insurance availability, 1797 [5FE]

Taylor, Richard G.: tribute, 8853 [29AP]

Tort Action Procedure Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4920), 12286 [3JN], 12508 [4JN]

Tort law: reform, 10982-10988 [15MY]

Trucking industry: premiums, 4601 [12MR]

U.S. Health Act: enact (H.R. 5070), 25077 [19SE]

U.S. Health Program Act: enact (H.R. 5070), 14973 [23JN]

West Virginia: liability insurance limit on recovery, 8593, 8594 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: repeal District of Columbia's insurance antidiscrimination, 28401-28403 [3OC]

Aeronautics: provide uniform standards of liability for harm arising from accidents, 24872-24876 [19SE]

Antitrust policy: application (S. 2848), 25130 [22SE]

———clarify exemption (S. 2458), 10842 [15MY]

———remove exemption, 16790-16794 [17JY]

Atomic energy: clarify Dept. of Energy's obligations relative to nuclear incidents (S. 2072), 2192 [18FE]

Atomic warfare: liability of Government contractors for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (S. 2454), 10832-10837 [15MY], 11340 [20MY], 14182 [17JN], 29032 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: clarify U.S. code relative to collective bargaining agreements by debtors (H.R. 5490), 28564-28568 [3OC]

———prohibit certain companies filing from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits to retirees (S. 2690), 17755, 17758 [25JY], 17822 [28JY], 18099-18102 [30JY]

———provide additional protection to retirees of companies filing bankruptcy, 28564 [3OC]

———require certain companies to use cashout from investment tax credits to pay for health insurance of retirees (S.J. Res. 380), 17833 [28JY], 18911 [4AU]

Beck, Robert A.: tribute, 33532 [17OC]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield: taxation, 27569 [1OC]

Business: liability insurance costs, 2598 [24FE], 2683 [25FE], 3211 [27FE], 3343 [28FE], 3977 [6MR], 5109 [18MR], 5438 [19MR], 5608 [20MR], 6581 [27MR], 7999 [17AP], 9784-9788 [7MY], 10814 [15MY], 11796 [21MY], 12272 [3JN], 12502 [4JN], 12794 [5JN], 13029 [9JN], 13143 [10JN], 13632 [12JN], 14310 [18JN]

———rates for liability insurance coverage, 158 [21JA]

Challenger (space shuttle): space program disaster, 25102-25115 [22SE]

Children: grant program for certain medical technology dependent (S. 1793), 4089 [7MR], 13744 [13JN]

College Construction Loan Insurance Association: authorize, 12176-12178 [3JN]

———nondiscrimination requirements, 12182 [3JN]

Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (S. 2546), 13368 [11JN]

Courts: liability laws tort reform, 17264 [22JY]

———set limits on attorney fees and certain awards in liability cases, 14306 [18JN]

Deposit insurance: strengthen Federal programs and enhance competition (S. 2592), 15105-15107 [24JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: sale of notes in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, 24915 [19SE]

Dept. of HUD: extend Federal Housing Administration authority for loan insurance, 12854-12857, 12867 [6JN]

———reauthorize of FHA insurance, 25703 [23SE]

District of Columbia: disapprove Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act (S.J. Res. 366), 14617 [19JN]

———repeal acquired immune deficiency syndrome insurance antidiscrimination law, 18692-18701 [1AU]

Federal Crop Insurance Act: amend (S. 2851), 25679 [23SE]

Federal employees: refund of health insurance overpayments to retirees, 1927 [6FE]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4061), 1704 [5FE], 3124 [27FE]

Federal Housing Administration: extension of mortgage insurance programs (H.J. Res. 652), 14378-14381 [18JN], 14834 [20JN], 14948 [23JN]

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: amend (S. 2111), 2864, 2865 [26FE]

FSLIC: facilitate the provision of additional financial resources (S. 2491), 11734 [21MY]

———recapitalize (S. 2752), 23036 [12SE]

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: enact (S. 2794), 23486 [16SE]

Government: expand class of individuals eligible for refunds from reserves in the Employee Health Benefits Fund (S. 2017), 405 [23JA]

Government Contractor Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2441), 10363-10368 [13MY]

Government contractors: liability for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs (S. 2454), 10832-10837 [15MY], 11340 [20MY], 14182 [17JN], 29032 [6OC]

Handicapped: disability insurance program (S. Con. Res. 167), 29931 [9OC]

Health: cost control, 6386 [27MR]

———coverage of adopted children, 30711 [14OC]

———liability insurance costs, 22464 [9SE], 23920 [18SE]

———medical malpractice, 6764 [8AP], 7044 [9AP]

———national expenditure survey (S. 2167), 4125-4129 [10MR]

———tax treatment of certain amounts received as settlement of claims for postretirement coverage (S. 2254), 6541 [27MR]

Health Care Quality Improvement Act: enact (2677), 17247 [22JY]

Health Equity and Incentives Reform Act: enact (S. 2485), 11723-11727 [21MY]

Health insurance: access (S. 2402), 9307 [1MY]

———access (S. 2403), 9312 [1MY]

Health Plan Promotion Act: enact (S. 2486), 11723-11727 [21MY]

Housing: eligibility of certain property for single family mortgage insurance (S. 2882), 26537 [26SE]

———single family mortgage insurance (H.R. 5564), 33815 [18OC]

Insurance Trend Forecasting Act: enact (S. 2497), 11749-11750 [21MY]

Internal Revenue Code: amend relative to certain provisions affecting life insurance companies, 27926 [2OC]

Kentucky Derby Festival: liability insurance costs, 7999 [17AP]

Law enforcement officers: increase benefit payable relative to death of a public safety officer (S. 2499), 11750 [21MY]

Liability insurance: increased costs, 16040 [26JN]

Liability Insurance Reform Act: enact (S. 2742), 20925 [12AU]

Local governments: extend eligibility for death benefits to all public safety employees, 27928 [2OC]

LTV Corp.: payment of health insurance for retirees, 17833 [28JY]

Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act: enact (S. 2941), 33495 [17OC]

National Academy of Social Insurance: grant charter (S. 2933), 32590 [16OC]

Nuclear Facility Standardization Act: enact (S. 2073), 2193 [18FE]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 2799), 22451-22458 [9SE], 26871, 26878 [27SE]

Oilspills: improve Federal compensation laws and establish liability (S. 2799), 22451-22458 [9SE]

———improve Federal compensation laws and establish liability (S. 2820), 23338 [15SE]

Product liability: reform, 13862 [16JN]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2760), 21593 [14AU], 21995 [15AU], 23717 [17SE], 25102-25115, 25117, 25136 [22SE], 25476, 25483 [23SE], 26162-26165 [25SE], 32547 [16OC]

———enact (S. 2760), cloture on motion to proceed to consideration, 26135 [25SE]

———enact (S. 2760), motion to proceed to consideration, 23721-23729 [17SE], 25483 [23SE], 26098, 26135-26151, 26153-26162 [25SE]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (S. 2129), 3343 [28FE], 3422 [3MR], 16772-16790 [17JY], 17591 [24JY]

———collective bargaining groups formed by business and associations (S. 2129), 29085, 29089-29095 [6OC]

Single Family Mortgage Insurance Fraud Detection and Prevention Act: enact (S. 2112), 2866 [26FE]

Smith, C. Carney: tribute, 12053 [2JN]

Social Security: disability insurance program (S. Con. Res. 167), 29931 [9OC]

Sprague, Merritt W.: tribute, 8608 [24AP]

States: extend eligibility for death benefits to all public safety employees, 27928 [2OC]

———guaranty fund protection, 16783-16790 [17JY]

Tax Reform Act: treatment of certain insurance policies, 33389 [17OC]

Taxation: employee benefits (S. Res. 304), 4498 [12MR]

———employee fringe benefits (S. Res. 303), 799-801 [29JA], 2404 [19FE]

———retirement benefits (S. Res. 304), 801 [29JA]

———tax burden on certain mutual insurance companies, 31486 [15OC]

———treatment of certain insurance companies, 14375, 14391-14392 [18JN]

———treatment of physician indemnity associations, 14563 [19JN]

Unemployment: compensation benefits, 8769 [28AP]

Unemployment insurance: definition of certain labor subsidies under countervailing duty laws (S. 2311), 7498 [15AP]

Uninsured Workers' Health Insurance Act: enact (S. 2484), 11723-11727 [21MY]

Reports

America's Uninsured and Underinsured—A Nation at Risk of Inadequate Health Care and Catastrophic Costs: Select Committee on Aging, 25077-25080 [19SE]

Insurance Recommendations: National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, 10842-10846 [15MY]

Liability Insurance and the Tort System: Illinois delegation to the White House Small Business Conference, 8417 [22AP]

National Medical Expenditure Survey and Its Policy Applications, 4127 [10MR]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act Amendments: Committee on Commerce (excerpt), 16779 [17JY]

State Insurance Guaranty Funds and Insurance Company Insolvency Assessment Information 1969-85: National Committee on Insurance Guaranty Funds, 16785 [17JY]

Tax Deductions for Insurance Companies (excerpt), 14375 [18JN]

Tort Liability Insurance: President's Tort Policy Working Group (excerpts), 10984-10987 [15MY]

Reports filed

Clarify U.S. Code Relative to Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements by Debtors in Bankruptcy: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5490) (H. Rept. 99-917), 27116 [29SE]

Encouragement of Professional Review Activities of Health Care Entities and Hospital Distribution of Malpractice Claims Payment Information: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5540) (H. Rept. 99-903), 26427 [26SE]

Establish Risk Retention Groups Facilitating Ability of Organizations to Purchase Liability Insurance on Group Basis: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2129) (H. Rept. 99-294), 10289 [12MY]

Establish Social Security Administration as Independent Agency: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5050) (H. Rept. 99-680), 16745 [16JY]

Grant Program for Medical Technology for Dependent Children in Home: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1793) (S. Rept. 99-306), 11713 [21MY]

Guarantee of Obligations for Fishing Vessels or Facilities: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5232) (H. Rept. 99-1003), 32155 [15OC]

Guidelines for Safety and for Damage Awards for Personal Injury Incurred by Seamen on Fishing Vessels (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 99-767), 19744 [7AU]

Impact of Appraisal Problems on Real Estate Lending, Mortgage Insurance, and Investment in the Secondary Market: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-891), 26369 [25SE]

Improved Federal Laws Providing Compensation and Establishing Liability for Oil Spills: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2799) (S. Rept. 99-479), 25611 [23SE]

Improvement of Procedures for Liability and Indemnification for Nuclear Incidents: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3653) (H. Rept. 99-636), 22366 [9SE]

———Committee on Science and Technology (H.R. 3653) (H. Rept. 99-636), 19116 [5AU]

Include Coverage of Other Lines of Liability Insurance: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5225) (H. Rept. 99-865), 25456 [23SE]

Increase in Rates of Compensation, Dependency, and Indemnity Compensation Paid by VA: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 5299) (H. Rept. 99-730), 18419 [31JY]

Laws Relating to Housing (H.R. 1; H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 99-590), 10214 [8MY]

Liability for Government Contractors for Injuries or Losses Arising Out of Atomic Weapons Testing Programs: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2454), 27994 [2OC]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act Benefits: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5501) (H. Rept. 99-931), 27425 [30SE]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1968) (S. Rept. 99-281), 7489 [15AP]

Regulation of Interstate Commerce: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2760) (S. Rept. 99-422), 21378 [13AU], 21593 [14AU], 21918 [15AU]

Regulation of Interstate Commerce by Providing for Uniform Standards of Liability for Harm Arising Out of General Aviation Accidents: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transformation (S. 2794) (S. Rept. 99-428), 22264 [8SE]

VA Benefits Based on Service-Connected Disability or Death of Veteran: Committee on Veterans Affairs (S. 2885) (S. Rept. 99-494), 26838 [27SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Liability Insurance, 7216 [10AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Buffalo, NY, Life Underwriters Association: recognition, 27444 [30SE]

SBA support of product and general liability insurance reform: Senate Small Business Committee's National Advisory Council, 9343 [1MY]

Ruling

Eligibility of Milton A. Densford for death benefits under Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act: Dept. of Justice (excerpt), 27928 [2OC]

Statements

Challenger (space shuttle) Launch: NASA, 25110 [22SE]

———Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, 25110 [22SE]

———William J. Broad, 25106 [22SE]

Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance for Emergency Physicians—Need for Reform: Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc., 22464 [9SE]

Product Liability: insurance executive, 23725 [17SE]

———Rand Corp., 23727 [17SE]

———Senator Heflin, 23726 [17SE]

———Senator Hollings, 23726 [17SE]

Solution to the Liability Insurance Crisis: Senator Metzenbaum, 25117-25119 [22SE]

Studies

National Insurance for the Vaccine Industry (excerpts), 20736, 20737 [11AU]

Product Liability (excerpt), 23728 [17SE]

Sick Tort System Endangers U.S. Health Care: Heritage Foundation (excerpts), 20734-20737 [11AU]

Summaries

Access to Health Care Act (S. 2402), 9310 [1MY]

Access to Health Care Act (S. 2403), 9317 [1MY]

Insurance Trend Forecasting Act (S. 2497), 11749 [21MY]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (H.R. 5184), 16995 [17JY]

U.S. Health Program Act (H.R. 5070), 14973-14976 [23JN]

Tables

Analysis of sales investors of properties bought from the Dept. of HUD, 3643 [5MR]

Insurance coverage—amount of refundable tax credit, 11726 [21MY]

Testimonies

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing for Insurance Purposes: Donald Chambers (excerpt), 18693 [1AU]

Challenger (space shuttle) Launch: Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, 25110 [22SE]

Liability Insurance Availability: Johnson & Higgins, 3213 [27FE]

———National Association of Insurance Brokers, 3212 [27FE]

Liability Insurance Coverage: James A. Temp, 3977 [6MR]

———National Association of Insurance Brokers, 3977 [6MR]

Product Liability Reform Act: Ernest Dubester, 26155 [25SE]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 652, extension of certain housing and community development programs, 13515 [12JN]

H.J. Res. 652, extension of Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance programs, 14948 [23JN]

H.R. 4061, Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act, 1338 [3FE], 1704 [5FE]

H.R. 4425, Product Liability Uniform Standards Act, 5085-5086 [17MR]

H.R. 4910, Insurance Information Act, 11951 [22MY]

H.R. 4920, Tort Action Procedure Reform Act, 12508-12510 [4JN]

H.R. 5013, Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act, 21028 [12AU]

H.R. 5225, Liability Risk Retention Act, 25399-25402 [23SE]

H.R. 5298, prevent certain companies filing for bankruptcy from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits for current or former employees, 18814 [1AU]

H.R. 5364, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act, 20732 [11AU]

H.R. 5564, eligibility of certain property for single family mortgage insurance, 27020 [29SE]

S. 2073, Nuclear Facility Standardization Act, 2193-2195 [18FE]

S. 2112, Single Family Mortgage Insurance Fraud Detection and Prevention Act, 2867 [26FE]

S. 2129, Product Liability Risk Retention Act, 25405 [23SE]

S. 2129, Product Liability Risk Retention Act amendments, 3343 [28FE], 16795-16796 [17JY]

S. 2167, national health care expenditure survey, 4128 [10MR]

S. 2254, tax treatment of certain amounts received as settlement of claims for postretirement medical coverage, 6542 [27MR]

S. 2402, Access to Health Care Act, 9308-9310 [1MY]

S. 2403, Access to Health Care Act, 9314-9317 [1MY]

S. 2441, Government Contractor Liability Reform Act, 10366 [13MY]

S. 2454, liability of Government contractors for injuries or losses relative to atomic weapons testing programs, 10834 [15MY]

S. 2484, Uninsured Workers' Health Insurance Act, 11728 [21MY]

S. 2485, Health Equity and Incentives Reform Act, 11729 [21MY]

S. 2486, Health Plan Promotion Act, 11730 [21MY]

S. 2546, Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act, 13369-13371 [11JN]

S. 2592, Deposit Insurance Reform and Competition Enhancement Act, 15107-15132 [24JN]

S. 2677, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, 17247-17249 [22JY]

S. 2742, Liability Insurance Reform Act, 20927 [12AU]

S. 2760, Product Liability Reform Act, 21594-21599 [8SE]

S. 2799, Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act, 22451-22457 [9SE], 26871-26877, 26879-26885 [27SE]

S. 2851, amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 25679 [23SE]

S. 2933, grant charter to the National Academy of Social Insurance, 32591 [16OC]

S. 2941, Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act, 33496-33497 [17OC]

S. Con. Res. 167, Social Security disability insurance program, 29931 [9OC]

S. Res. 303, taxation of employee fringe benefits, 799 [29JA]

S. Res. 304, taxation of retirement benefits, 801 [29JA]

S.J. Res. 366, disapprove District of Columbia Council act called Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act, 14617 [19JN]

S.J. Res. 380, require companies filing bankruptcy petitions to continue payments for retirees health insurance, 17834 [28JY]