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South Carolina Insurer Data Security Law Should Be Nationwide Role Model

Nov 5 2018 // In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Bill, also known as the NAIC “Model Law.”NAIC’s “Model Law” seeks to...

The State of NAIC’s Data Security Model Law

Sep 21 2018 // Most states have yet to adopt a cyber security model law for the insurance industry like the one approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2017, but one expert believes the industry should be...

South Carolina Insurer Data Security Law Should Be Nationwide Role Model

Sep 5 2018 // In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Bill, also known as the NAIC “Model Law.”NAIC’s Model Law seeks to establish a guiding...

California Commissioner Named Chair of New NAIC Cannabis Committee

Aug 8 2018 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has named California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones chair of its new Cannabis Insurance Working Group.Jones proposed that the NAIC establish this working group the...

A Reason We Speak Insurance – It’s What We Read

Aug 8 2018 // I think I get it now. Everything is starting to make more sense than ever before. Sorry, maybe I should catch you up on my thoughts. I’ve been wondering why it is so hard to read insurance policies. And why we...

South Carolina Passes First Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Law

Jun 4 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a model cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their...

South Carolina Passes First Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Law

May 31 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their customers...

Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader

Apr 2 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11.Prior to his 16 years working as a regulator...

State Commissioners Assist Puerto Rico Insurance Department

Mar 19 2018 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says that since January, 10 state insurance departments have sent more than 20 regulators and NAIC has sent staff to support the office of Puerto Rico’s...

Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader

Mar 19 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11.Prior to his 16 years working as a regulator...

People

Feb 5 2018 // Texas Security General Insurance Agency LLC (TSGA) in San Antonio, Texas, added David A. Winkley as vice president of Commercial Lines.A former business owner, Winkley has industry experience in retail production,...

Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC

Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Tapped to Chair Antifraud Task Force

Jan 24 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has been named chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Antifraud (D) Task Force. He also was named to the International Insurance Relations...

Pennsylvania’s Altman Named to Leadership Position on Health Insurance with NAIC

Jan 22 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will serve as vice chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization reported...

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Named Consumer Committee Chair at NAIC

Jan 18 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named chairman of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2018. The mission of the...

NAIC Honors 3 for Leadership in State Insurance Regulation

Dec 7 2017 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recognized three state regulators for their contributions to state-based insurance regulation during the the NAIC’s 2017 Fall National Meeting.The NAIC...

Tennessee’s McPeak to Succeed Wisconsin’s Nickel as NAIC President in 2018

Dec 6 2017 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected the following officers for 2018 during the organization’s Fall 2017 national meeting. The newly-elected officers who will assume their...

Ex-NAIC Head Huff Succeeds Kading at Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers

Dec 5 2017 // An ex-chief insurance regulator for Missouri will take over the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers starting in January 2018.John Huff, the immediate past president of the National Association of Insurance...

Former Connecticut Regulator Leonardi Joins AIG in Public Policy Post

Oct 24 2017 // American International Group reported that Thomas Leonardi will join the company as executive vice president, Government Affairs, Public Policy and Communications, effective Nov. 1.Leonardi previously served as the...

Super Regional Carriers Urged to Educate ‘Suspicious’ Regulators on Big Data Use

Jul 24 2017 // “We’re curious and we don’t know. When regulators don’t know what’s going on, they get suspicious.”That was Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledging that like the...