Credit Scoring News

Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez

The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner. A February 2003 appointee of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, Gomez spoke at the convention’s …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “What I don’t understand is why there is a problem with a perfectly good plan to have persons more likely to have accidents pay their fair share of the risk. I don’t believe that there …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “All the plaintiff attorneys have to do is contact any insurance agent within a 10 mile radius. We all have horror stories where company A and B score the same client and the scores don’t …

SECURA: Looking to Sustain Hard-Market Success

The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406 million as of year-end 2003, operates in …

Michigan Commissioner Says Proposed Insurance Scoring Ban Would Reduce Rates

Customers could see lower premium rates if Michigan prohibits insurers from offering discounts to people with good credit, the state insurance commission told a state Senate committee. Linda Watters, head of the state Office of Financial and Insurance Services, said …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “What I don’t understand is why there is a problem with a perfectly good plan to have persons more likely to have accidents pay their fair share of the risk. I don’t believe that there …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “What I don’t understand is why there is a problem with a perfectly good plan to have persons more likely to have accidents pay their fair share of the risk. I don’t believe that there …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “All the plaintiff attorneys have to do is contact any insurance agent within a 10 mile radius. We all have horror stories where company A and B score the same client and the scores don’t …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “All the plaintiff attorneys have to do is contact any insurance agent within a 10 mile radius. We all have horror stories where company A and B score the same client and the scores don’t …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “What I don’t understand is why there is a problem with a perfectly good plan to have persons more likely to have accidents pay their fair share of the risk. I don’t believe that there …