Credit Scoring News

Insurer Groups Say Multistate Credit Scoring Study Likely to Be Biased

The results of a multistate data call on credit-based insurance scoring appear to be preordained, according to lobbyists for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Cos. (NAMIC) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). NAMIC State Affairs Director …

Credit Scoring Bill Goes to Colorado Governor

A bill that limits the use of credit histories to set insurance rates got final approval from state lawmakers on May 5 after they gave up trying to ban the practice. Under the measure (Senate Bill 216), insurers wouldn’t be …

PCI Expresses Concerns on States’ Credit Scoring Study

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has issued a bulletin expressing serious legal and public policy concerns about a multi-state study being conducted by insurance regulators on the “impact of credit-based insurance scoring on certain groups of consumers.” The …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify 9 new auto sales for the …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify 9 new auto sales for the …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify nine new auto sales for the …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2,000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify nine new auto sales for the …

AIA OPPOSES REGULATION TO RESTRICT INSURER’S USE OF CREDIT INFORMATION IN WYOMING:

A proposed regulation (Chapter 56) to restrict the use of credit-based insurance scores could actually cause unintended consequences for Wyoming consumers, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Restricting the use of credit information in the insurance rating and underwriting …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify nine new auto sales for the …

N.J. Gives Green Light to Credit Scoring

New Jersey insurance officials, after reviewing their own test and the results in other states, have decided to permit the use of credit scores in the rating of private passenger auto policies by all insurers. Last year, the Department of …