Latest Naic Headlines

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State Regulators Approve $65 Million Association Budget for 2007

Dec 12 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have approved a $65 million operating budget for 2007.The 2007 final consolidated budget calls for $65 million in total revenue and $64.8 million in total...

Ala.’s Bell Heads State Regulators; Kansas’ Praeger Next in Line

Dec 12 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during last week’s winter meeting in San Antonio.Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

Maine Regulator Wake Receives National Award

Dec 12 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners presented Robert Wake, staff attorney for the Maine Bureau of Insurance, with the Robert Dineen Award, the association’s most prestigious individual honor. Wake...

Maine Insurance Chief Iuppa Stepping Down in January

Dec 6 2006 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro Iuppa has announced his intention to step down from his position effective Jan. 13, 2007.“After 20 years, including 13 in Maine, in the insurance regulatory community it...

Regulators Tell Anti-Trust Commission McCarran Exemption Fosters Competition

Oct 18 2006 // The nation’s insurance regulators told the Antitrust Modernization Commission today that the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption, combined with effective state insurance supervision, fosters a vibrant, competitive...

Roger Sevigny, New Hampshire, Commissioner of Insurance

Oct 9 2006 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department was the first in the nation when it was created in 1851 with a mission to administer the state’s insurance laws. Roger Sevigny, current commissioner, was recently elected an...

NAIC, Trades Spar at Congressional Hearing on Insurer Investments

Sep 20 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President and Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa told the House Finanacial Services Subcommittee panel that strong financial regulation of...

Nation’s Commissioners Propose 6% Bump in Association Budget for 2007

Sep 20 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners released its proposed budget for 2007. The consolidated budget calls for a projected $63.4 million in total revenue, an increase of 6.81 percent from 2006 budget levels...

New Education Program Launched for State Insurance Regulators

Sep 11 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced that beginning in October its new Insurance Regulator Professional Designation Program will be available to state regulators.The program, which is the first of...

Optional Federal Charter ‘legislation of the worst kind,’ says PIA exec

Aug 7 2006 // The National Insurance Act of 2006 would undermine key insurance consumer protections, constrict the availability of insurance, create market instability and prompt a flood of litigation, according to Leonard C. Brevik,...

Christina Urias

Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance...

Christina Urias, Arizona, Director of Insurance

Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately — especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of...

Optional Federal Charter ‘Legislation of the Worst Kind,’ Says PIA Exec

Jul 25 2006 // The National Insurance Act of 2006 would undermine key insurance consumer protections, constrict the availability of insurance, create market instability and prompt a flood of litigation, according to Leonard C. Brevik,...

States may scrap full collateral requirements for ‘alien’ reinsurers

Jul 24 2006 // In an abrupt departure from procedures that have been in place since World War II, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners took a first step at its recently concluded meeting in Washington, D.C., towards...

Illinois freshman regulator McRaith gives insurance view from Midwest

Jun 19 2006 // Question: What is the specific impact of the 2005 catastrophes on the Midwest?McRaith: There are three identifiable impacts on Midwestern residents. First, since the cost of reinsurance has gone up so significantly because...

States promise quicker insurance product, filing approval under new system with Interstate Compact

Jun 19 2006 // State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of...

U.S. Regulators May Scrap Full Collateral Requirements for ‘Alien’ Reinsurers

Jun 14 2006 // In an abrupt departure from procedures that have been in place since Wold War II, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has taken a first step towards scrapping the “full collateral” requirements...

Regulators Propose New Standards for Title Insurance and Annuity Products

Jun 12 2006 // Working through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), state insurance regulators are making progress in developing new examination standards addressing marketing and sales practices for title, life...

State Commissioners Elect N.H.’s Sevigny to Leadership Post

Jun 11 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously elected New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny as secretary-treasurer of the association.The election was held at NAIC’s...

States promise quicker insurance product, filing approval under new system with Interstate Compact

Jun 5 2006 // State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of...