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Tennessee Insurance Commissioner McPeak Elected as VP of NAIC

Feb 9 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected as vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the nation’s insurance regulatory...

Former California Insurance Commissioner, Past NAIC President Barger Dies

Jan 19 2016 // Richards D. Barger, a former insurance commissioner and a former president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, died on Sunday.The cause is not yet known. He was 87. Barger, who went by the name Dick,...

35 Insurance Consumer Representatives Named as NAIC Liaisons

Jan 14 2016 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 35 consumer liaison representatives for 2016.The 20 funded and 15 unfunded consumer representatives began their terms Jan. 1, 2016. Funded...

People – Southeast

Dec 21 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...

Regulators Focused on Product Innovation, Emerging Trends

Dec 21 2015 // State-based insurance regulation has a 145-year history of effectively and successfully protecting consumers and fostering competitive insurance markets. As the 2016 president of the National Association of Insurance...

Tennessee Insurance Commissioner McPeak Elected as NAIC Officer

Dec 1 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...

TDI Actuarial Director Receives Top Award from National Insurance Commissioners Group

Nov 30 2015 // Texas Department of Insurance reported that Actuarial Director Mike Boerner is this year’s recipient of the Robert Dineen Award, the highest honor for a state regulator bestowed by the National Association of...

NAIC Elects Missouri’s Huff President; Other 2016 Officers

Nov 24 2015 // Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark; Vice President: Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel; and Secretary-Treasurer: Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix...

Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President

Nov 23 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers who will will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2016. President: Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff President-Elect:...

Readopted Credit-Scoring Model Highlights NCOIL’s Annual Meeting

Nov 19 2015 // Cyber insurance, international regulatory efforts, the sharing economy and the successful state credit-scoring model dominated the agenda of this past week’s National Conference of Insurance Legislators meetings in...

Louisiana Hosts Saudi Arabia, Philippines Insurance Regulators

Nov 17 2015 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is hosting insurance regulators from Saudi Arabia and the Philippines as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) International Fellows Program.First...

People – East

Nov 2 2015 // Erie Insurance Group President and Chief Executive Officer Terrence W. Cavanaugh announced his plan to retire at the close of 2016.Erie Insurance said it has launched the process to appoint a new CEO, with the Board of...

People – Midwest

Nov 2 2015 // Former U.S. Senator Ben Nelson will step down as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), when his current term ends on Jan. 31, 2016. He began his tenure at NAIC in January...

Ex-Senator Nelson to Exit NAIC Leadership Post

Oct 9 2015 // Former U.S. Senator Ben Nelson will not renew his contract as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the group announced.Nelson’s current term ends on Jan. 31, 2016. He...

Former Maryland Commissioner Goldsmith Joins Law Firm Hogan Lovells

Sep 22 2015 // Law firm Hogan Lovells announced that former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese Goldsmith has joined firm’s Health practice and the Insurance Industry sector group as a partner in the Baltimore office.Goldsmith...

Fracking Drives NAIC Earthquake Conversation

Aug 17 2015 // Hydraulic fracturing – the process of extracting oil and gas resources that requires breaking rock through the high-pressured injection of liquid into the ground, popularly known as “fracking” – has caused...

NAIC: Wisconsin 29th State to Join State Based Systems

Aug 17 2015 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) reported that Wisconsin is the 29th state to license State Based Systems (SBS), an electronic-filing tool created for NAIC members to increase efficiency in...

Florida Commissioner McCarty Warns Against U.S. Adopting ‘Bank-Like’ Regulation for Insurance

Jun 15 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty championed flexible state insurance regulation and warned against “one-size-fits-all” bank-like regulation for insurers in recent testimony before the U.S. Senate...

Vermont’s New Captive Law Revises Capital Requirements

May 18 2015 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed new legislation passed in April that brings several changes to the state’s captive insurance rules – including changes to the investment guidelines to allow “marketable...

Vermont’s New Captive Legislation to Revise Some Capital Requirement Rules

May 6 2015 // Vermont officials announced that Gov. Peter Shumlin will sign new legislation passed in April that would bring several changes to the state’s captive insurance rules — including changes to the investment...