The Nation - News from March 28, 1986
The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation to allow doctors, lawyers, local governments, hospitals and other businesses to form self-insurance groups for general-liability coverage. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bob Kasten (R-Wis.), would extend a 1981 law authorizing group purchases of product-liability insurance to include general-liability coverage as well. It is one of a number of measures offered in Congress in response to complaints about soaring premiums and limited availability of liability coverage.
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