Contact:	Clarence Mills (202) 543-1440 c.mills@att.net
For Release:	Immediate News Bulletin PR-56 August 4, 2009

ASA Leaders Meet with Insurance Reform Bill Sponsor

H.R. 1880 Includes Federal Charter for Property and Casualty Insurance

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 4, 2009 —During last week's Capitol Hill Fly-In, hosted by the Automotive Service Association (ASA) in Washington, D.C., collision repairers got an opportunity to meet with the sponsor of a key bill on insurance reform.

ASA members met with U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean July 29 to discuss legislation that would establish optional federal insurance regulation for insurers. ASA supports H.R. 1880, of which Bean is the sponsor. Pictured left to right: Myron Hazen, owner of Collision Repair Center, Molina, Ill.; Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill.; Stacy Bartnik, owner of A&B Carstar, Palatine, Ill.; and Roy Schnepper, AAM, owner of Butler’s Collision Inc., Roseville, Mich.

ASA leaders met with Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., sponsor of U.S. House Bill 1880, which establishes optional federal insurance regulation for insurers. ASA supports H.R. 1880. This legislation, for the first time, reaches beyond life insurance lines to include property and casualty insurance.

Co-sponsoring the bill with Bean is Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. Collision leaders thanked Bean for her efforts to secure federal regulation for property and casualty insurers. Bean and Royce are members of the House Financial Services Committee, which has jurisdiction over insurance reform.

The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA's headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.

ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.

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