April 11, 2025
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America are the latest from the industry to join a call in support of a measure to abolish the Federal Insurance Office. The trade groups …
March 25, 2025
Policy discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in insurance are “unfounded” and “detrimental to policyholders,” according to a analysis from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The use of AI in insurance underwriting and rate making has led …
January 22, 2025
The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study and held a hearing on the affect of climate change …
January 16, 2025
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) promoted Tony Cotto to assistant vice president and counsel for federal and political affairs. He previously served as NAMIC’s director of auto and underwriting policy. Cotto will represent NAMIC before federal officials …
December 27, 2024
This story has been corrected to include the correct year in the headline. Insurance trade organizations are always working for the industry so Insurance Journal asked them: What are the top priorities and/or challenges heading into 2025? Here are the …
March 11, 2024
The U.S. Treasury late last week backed off a plan to have the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) collect data on climate-related risks from property/casualty insurers—an outcome that had been sought by the insurance industry since the proposal was published in …
August 1, 2023
Federal legislation introduced last week that would require insurance companies with more than $100 million in annual premiums to disclose investments and underwritings related to coal, oil and gas projects, and fossil fuels is already required at the state level …
October 19, 2022
Shortly after Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) proposed to have P/C insurers submit homeowners insurance underwriting data to assess climate risk, the response from industry trade associations was, at best, tepid. “You don’t need a massive data collection to know …
September 26, 2019
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies announced that Charles Chamness, the chief executive officer of the organization, is retiring from the post he held for nearly 17 years. The official announcement came this week on the final day of …
October 9, 2018
While the race to automated vehicles picks up speed, a new survey reveals consumer are skeptical of the technology and the safety claims of its advocates, a new survey finds. Also, the insurance industry may be in the best position …