When looking at credit scoring, the affordability and availability of health care, or even the construction liability market, states often are better-equipped than the federal government to address the issues, according to Oregon’s Insurance Administrator Joel Ario. After all, states …
Oregon’s Experience: Addressing credit scores, health care and disclosure Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Here are additional thoughts Administrator Ario shared. I understand that the main issue that you’re involved …
Washington Democrats and Safeco Corp. are battling over the company’s use of credit scores in canceling policies while Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick was chief executive. The skirmish has moved to Thurston County Superior Court, where Safeco is resisting …
Like insurance commissioners in other states, Arkansas Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman, is keeping an eye on catastrophe issues and the availability of insurance related to them. Unlike commissioners in Arkansas’ neighboring states of Texas and Loui-siana, however, her concern …
Identity theft costs American businesses and consumers a reported $50 billion and victimizes an estimated 10 million people in the U.S. a year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Recent reports suggest those numbers are going to continue to …
Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately — especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance began addressing many of these issues years ago to mitigate …
Michigan Insurance Director of Insurance Linda Watters wants to make sure drivers in urban areas get a fair shake on the premiums they pay for auto and homeowners insurance. She has developed an initiative that would create a pool of …
Like insurance commissioners in other states, Arkansas Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman, is keeping an eye on catastrophe issues and the availability of insurance related to them. Unlike commissioners in Arkansas’ neighboring states of Texas and Loui-siana, however, her concern …
Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance began addressing many of these issues years ago to mitigate problems …
Reinsurance collateral, natural disaster plans, brokerage compensation disclosure, credit scoring, competition for insurance jobs—state insurance regulators across the country deal with these and many other issues. Insurance Journal reveals how they are handling the issues in a series of exclusive …
