All the headlines from our Naic Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Dec 10 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted its Reinsurance Regulatory Modernization Framework Proposal, which modernizes U.S. state-based regulation of reinsurance.“This proposal sets...
Dec 10 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) honored a Kansas Insurance Department official with a national award at the NAIC’s winter meeting this month.Larry Bruning, chief actuary at department, was...
Dec 8 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has been elected secretary-treasurer for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Since his appointment as Florida’s insurance commissioner in 2003,...
Sep 16 2008 // A bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has confirmed it will meet “to consider the proposal to end collateral requirements...
Aug 21 2008 // By Andrea WellsIn a busy month for insurance issues on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises marked up bills creating a federal...
Jul 16 2008 // Naming critical concerns regarding confidentiality and authority, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) advised a slowdown of a market conduct annual statement (MCAS) proposal being considered by the...
Jul 10 2008 // In a big week for insurance lobbyists, a key House subcommittee advanced three major insurance regulatory measures.The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored...
Jul 7 2008 // Catherine J. Weatherford, executive vice president and CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for the past 12 years, confirmed reports that she will be leaving the association.Weatherford is...