All the headlines from our Naic Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...
Aug 3 2009 // State insurance regulators are criticizing a New York Times article that reported that insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. “show signs of considerable weakness” and that called into...
Aug 3 2009 // Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists.They got their producer licenses in states that did...
Jul 20 2009 // A report by the auditing arm of the South Carolina Legislature has concluded that the state insurance department overall does a good job regulating insurance companies and their rates but it could do a better job of...
Jul 6 2009 // A report by the auditing arm of the South Carolina Legislature has concluded that the state insurance department overall does a good job regulating insurance companies and their rates but it could do a better job of...
May 22 2009 // Federal legislation designed to streamline licensing for insurance agents and brokers operating in multiple states has been reintroduced in Congress.The legislation (HR 2554), the National Association of Registered Agents...
May 4 2009 // With consumers’ credit scores dropping as lenders tighten credit terms, insurance consumer advocates are stepping up their criticism of the use of credit scores by insurance companies.They are also warning insurers...
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates; purchasing policies over the Internet;...
Mar 27 2009 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has named Ethan Sonnichsen as Government Relations director. Sonnichsen previously served as Government Relations manager. In his new position, Sonnichsen is...
Mar 23 2009 // With consumers’ credit scores dropping as lenders tighten credit terms, insurance consumer advocates are stepping up their criticism of the use of credit scores by insurance companies.They are also warning insurers...
Mar 23 2009 // Insurance Journal spoke with some of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) consumer liaisons and found that in addition to credit scoring, their issue lists include Internet sales of insurance; the...
Mar 17 2009 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a proposal to review the use of credit-based insurance scoring.The NAIC said it will convene a public hearing to take testimony on how the insurance...
Mar 4 2009 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioner recently issued its annual report on homeowners insurance. The report, based on figures from 2006, the latest year from which data is available, ranks Texas as having the...
Feb 8 2009 // Former Iowa Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Vaughan, Ph.D., has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), effective Feb. 18, 2009.Vaughan replaces Catherine J....
Feb 8 2009 // Change is coming to Washington and to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, but hopefully it’s change that will protect the status quo when it comes to insurance regulation.Last spring, the editors at...
Jan 30 2009 // State insurance regulators voted against a proposal to loosen capital requirements for the battered life insurance industry, shooting down hopes for up to $30 billion in relief.The National Association of Insurance...
Jan 25 2009 // Change is coming to Washington and to the NAIC but hopefully it’s change that will largely protect the status quo when it comes to insurance regulation.Last spring, we took it upon ourselves to urge the National...
Jan 25 2009 // Name Change“While this name change reflects our vision for today and the future, it also brings into focus our long and rich history in this state.” —The Springfield-based Professional Independent Insurance...
Jan 16 2009 // Consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) presented Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg with their Excellence in Consumer Advocacy Award at recently.The NAIC Consumer...
Jan 15 2009 // Former Iowa Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Vaughan, Ph.D., has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), effective Feb. 18, 2009.Vaughan replaces Catherine J....