Latest Naic Headlines

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People – Southeast

Dec 3 2012 // Dr. Therese M. Vaughan will step down earlier than previously announced from her post as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), effective Nov. 30. In August, she announced...

State Regulators Select 20 for Insurance Consumer Program

Nov 26 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 29 consumer liaison representatives for 2013. The 20 funded and nine unfunded consumer representatives begin their terms Jan. 1, 2013. All 20 of the...

NAIC Sets Up Consumer Call Center in Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy

Nov 19 2012 // State insurance regulators, working cooperatively through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), are coordinating efforts to assist New Jersey and other Eastern Seaboard residents in the aftermath of...

NAIC CEO Vaughan to Exit Early; Beal Named Acting CEO

Nov 16 2012 // Dr. Therese M. Vaughan will step down earlier than previously announced from her post as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), effective Nov. 30. In August, she announced...

Surplus Lines: Regulators Vetting of Alien Nonadmitted Insurers

Nov 5 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) acts as the trade association for state insurance commissioners. The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA) delegated to the NAIC responsibility for...

International Insurance Regulators Convene in Kansas City

Oct 15 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) welcomed 14 regulators from around the world for the Fall 2012 International Fellows Program in Kansas City, Mo. Participants include regulators from China, Grand...

Surplus Lines: Regulators Vetting of Alien Nonadmitted Insurers

Oct 4 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is a non-profit entity that acts as the trade association for state insurance commissioners. Although the NAIC may play a central role in regulation of the...

People – Southeast

Sep 10 2012 // Dr. Therese M. Vaughan announced she will step down as chief executive officer of the organization of state insurance regulators, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), during the first quarter of...

Missouri Insurance Director to Chair Solvency Modernization Task Force

Sep 5 2012 // John M. Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, has been appointed chair of a national task force focusing on insurance regulation, the department announced. The Solvency Modernization Initiative was...

Maine Regulator Highlights New App That Helps Motorists in Accidents

Aug 30 2012 // Maine’s top insurance regulator is highlighting a new mobile application that can help motorists take the guesswork out of auto accidents. Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said this week that a new...

Will the NAIC’s CIPR Survive Terri Vaughan’s Departure?

Aug 14 2012 // I’ve just returned from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ summer meetings in Atlanta, where the big news was the announcement of NAIC CEO Terri Vaughan’s pending departure from the...

NAIC CEO Vaughan to Step Down in 2013

Aug 13 2012 // Dr. Therese M. (Terri) Vaughan announced she will step down as chief executive officer of the organization of state insurance regulators, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), during the first quarter...

Nebraska Director: Producers First to Benefit from State Based System

Jul 18 2012 // Nebraska’s top regulator says insurance producers will be among the first to benefit from the state’s implementation of a national state based online regulatory system. The Nebraska Department of Insurance...

Rep. Royce Takes His NAIC Questions to Treasury

Jul 13 2012 // Dissatisfied with the answers he’s received from the group itself, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., is turning to Federal Insurance Office Director Michael McRaith with a request that his office, a branch of the U.S....

Strong Regulatory Systems Recognize Global Differences

Jun 27 2012 // Insurance markets have evolved over the years to become increasingly global, interconnected, and convergent — a trend that will undoubtedly continue in years to come. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

Strong Regulatory Systems

Jun 4 2012 // Insurance markets have evolved over the years to become increasingly global, interconnected, and convergent — a trend that will undoubtedly continue in years to come. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

Bill To Align California With Dodd-Frank Passes Committee

Apr 26 2012 // The California Senate Insurance Committee passed a law regarding reinsurers that would put the state in alignment with the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and a model law from the National...

Regulators and the Business of Climate Change-Related Risk

Apr 2 2012 // For more than three years, a handful of insurance regulators and global warming activists have been trying to prod the insurance industry into taking unspecified action to address the “risks” associated with...

Six Northeastern States Saw Average Auto Premium Rates Fall, NAIC Says

Feb 6 2012 // Six Northeastern states saw their annual average auto premium fall, according to the latest data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. They are: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,...

Consumer Group Charges Auto Insurers with ‘Disparate Treatment’ of Low Income Families

Jan 30 2012 // A consumer group on Monday issued a study that alleges “disparate treatment” of low-to moderate-income families by auto insurers nationwide. The group is asking state insurance commissioners to consider...