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State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons

Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Honored by American Medical Assoc.

Mar 3 2010 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner and former National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Sandy Praeger was honored with the American Medical Association’s (AMA) top government service award for an elected...

New York Insurance Department Names Fritsch Deputy

Dec 17 2009 // New York State Insurance Superintendent James J. Wrynn announced that Joseph Fritsch has been named deputy superintendent for Accounting and International Affairs. Fritsch was most recently the director of Insurance...

Florida Insurance Economist Spudeck Honored

Dec 7 2009 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today presented Dr. Raymond Spudeck, senior research economist with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, with the organization’s most prestigious...

Changes to Federal Insurance Office Act Supported by State Regulators

Dec 6 2009 // State insurance regulators have expressed support for recent changes to proposed legislation creating a Federal Insurance Office (FIO). In a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, the National Association of...

Changes to Federal Insurance Office Act Supported by State Regulators

Nov 24 2009 // State insurance regulators have expressed support for recent changes to proposed legislation creating a Federal Insurance Office (FIO). In a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, the National Association of...

States Back Federal Role in Insuring Natural Catastrophes

Nov 15 2009 // After Decades of Discussion, States Adopt 3-Tired Plan Though it may seem like the debate over the creation of a national catastrophe insurance plan is a relatively recent phenomenon, the National Association of Insurance...

Decades in the Making, NAIC Outlines Natural Catastrophe Plan

Nov 15 2009 // White Paper Approved at Fall Meeting with Near-Unanimous Vote The private insurance industry alone ‘cannot be expected to provide comprehensive catastrophe coverage without adequate financial backstops for the most...

Decades in the Making, NAIC Outlines Natural Catastrophe Plan

Nov 1 2009 // White Paper Approved at Fall Meeting with Near-Unanimous Vote Though it may seem like the debate over the creation of a national catastrophe insurance plan is a relatively recent phenomenon, the National Association of...

U.S. Insurance Commissioners Host 13 International Regulatory Interns

Oct 28 2009 // The organization of state insurance commissioners welcomed 13 interns from Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Zambia to the U.S. this week. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has...

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Sep 21 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...

Feds, Regulators, Congress Eye the Future of Credit Rating Agencies

Sep 21 2009 // The nation’s insurance regulators, Congress and the SEC have eyes on credit rating agencies and the standards they must follow in the future. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said it will...

Text: Senate Finance Committee’s America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...

Insurance Regulators Vow to Examine Role of Credit Rating Agencies

Sep 9 2009 // The nation’s insurance regulators are looking into the role that credit rating agencies play in the insurance regulatory system. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said it will hold a public...

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Sep 7 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...

States Give ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Aug 21 2009 // Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be drunk drivers, robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in...

Ohio Personal Lines Premiums Remain Lower than U.S. Average

Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...

States Dispute Article Questioning AIG Insurance Units’ Finances

Aug 3 2009 // State insurance regulators are criticizing a New York Times article that reported that insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. “show signs of considerable weakness” and that called into...