Latest Naic Headlines
All the headlines from our Naic Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kansas Insurance Regulator Honored with Dineen National Award
Dec 10 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) honored a Kansas Insurance Department official with a national award at the NAIC’s winter meeting this month. Larry Bruning, chief actuary at department, was...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Elected Officer by Fellow Regulators
Dec 8 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has been elected secretary-treasurer for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Since his appointment as Florida’s insurance commissioner in 2003,...
Lloyd’s Sees NAIC’s Decision on Reinsurance Collateral ‘This Month’
Sep 16 2008 // A bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has confirmed it will meet “to consider the proposal to end collateral requirements...
House Subcommittee Moves Key Federal Insurance Regulation Bills
Aug 21 2008 // By Andrea Wells In a busy month for insurance issues on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises marked up bills creating a federal...
Insurance Legislators to Regulators: Slow Down Market Conduct Plan
Jul 16 2008 // Naming critical concerns regarding confidentiality and authority, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) advised a slowdown of a market conduct annual statement (MCAS) proposal being considered by the...
House Subcommittee Moves Key Federal Insurance Regulation Bills
Jul 10 2008 // In a big week for insurance lobbyists, a key House subcommittee advanced three major insurance regulatory measures. The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored...
Nation’s Insurance Commissioners Search for New CEO; Weatherford Exits
Jul 7 2008 // Catherine J. Weatherford, executive vice president and CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for the past 12 years, confirmed reports that she will be leaving the association. Weatherford is...
State Regulators Consider Centralizing Market Conduct Reporting
Jun 16 2008 // State insurance regulators want to centralize the filing and storage of their annual market conduct reports on insurance companies. The regulators are reviewing a proposal that would allow insurers to make one filing, as...
Special Protection
Jun 16 2008 // Consumers need a better understanding of insurance issues specific to their unique situations. Special relationships deserve protection, too. That’s the assessment of the National Association of Insurance...
State Regulators Call for More Study of Credit Scoring Use in Insurance
Jun 16 2008 // State regulators told Congress that more study of credit scoring use by insurance companies is needed to determine if the practice is unfairly discriminatory. “As state regulators, it is our sincere desire that the...
Special Protection
Jun 16 2008 // Consumers need a better understanding of insurance issues specific to their unique situations. Special relationships deserve protection, too. That’s the assessment of the National Association of Insurance...
Insurers Blast Insurance Regulators as Closed to Open Dialogue
Jun 4 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is losing trust because it at times operates behind closed doors and is not open to dialogue with the insurance industry. That was the criticism of NAIC, as voiced by...
Survey: Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Disasters
Jun 3 2008 // As the nation braces for the hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and floods that accompany the spring and summer disaster season, nearly half of U.S. consumers are insufficiently prepared — in terms of their insurance...
State Insurance Regulators Approve Municipal Bond Credit Rating Reform
Jun 2 2008 // State insurance regulators and their National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) moved forward this weekend with a regulatory response that they hope will help the municipal bond market by reducing pressure on...
Insurance Commissioners, Fireman’s Fund Execs Address Climate Change
Jun 2 2008 // Representatives from the nation’s insurance regulator community adopted a climate change white paper at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Summer Meeting in San Francisco on Monday, June 2, 2008. The...
NAIC: Don’t Pack Your Bags Just Yet
Jun 2 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in America’s heartland, in Kansas City. In this age of telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail that works just fine. It even...
State Insurance Commissioners Donate to Calif. Children’s Charity
Jun 1 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has selected San Francisco’s Edgewood Center for Children and Families as the official charity for its 2008 Summer National Meeting. This selection is part...
State Regulators Consider Centralizing Insurance Market Conduct Reporting
May 30 2008 // State insurance regulators want to centralize the filing and storage of their annual market conduct reports on insurance companies. The regulators are reviewing a proposal that would allow insurers to make one filing, as...
Memo to State Insurance Regulators: Pack Your Bags!
May 20 2008 // It’s time for the group representing the states’ insurance regulatory experts to pack up its bags, computers and name badges — and move to Washington, D.C. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
NAIC: Pack Your Bags!
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
