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Massachusetts Agents Drop Ballot Effort on Credit Ban

The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) has agreed to a request from state lawmakers to withdraw the ballot initiative it filed in August to prohibit the use of credit scoring, education, and occupational data in auto insurance. From now …

Massachusetts Agents Seek Ballot Measure to Ban Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores

Massachusetts independent insurance agents who oppose the use of credit scores, occupation and education level in auto insurance pricing by the insurance companies they represent are pushing to put a petition to ban such pricing on the state’s 2010 ballot. …

Use of Credit-based Insurance Scores Upheld in Texas

Texas law permits an insurer to use race-neutral factors in credit scoring to price personal lines of insurance. That’s the conclusion the Texas Supreme Court came to in considering a certified question from the Ninth Circuit court in a class …

PCI Opposes Legislation to Ban Use of Insurance Scores in Nevada

Proposed legislation to prohibit insurers from considering a consumer’s credit history would take away discounted rates for the majority of Nevada policyholders, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). PCI testified recently before the Nevada Assembly Commerce …