Latest Naic Headlines
All the headlines from our Naic Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers’ $158 Billion CLO Bet Is Putting the Industry at Risk
Jul 31 2020 // They’ve been billed as a solution to the rock-bottom interest rates weighing down the returns of America’s asset managers. Collateralized loan obligations — which package and sell leveraged loans into...
State Insurance Commissioners Vow to Probe Role of Race in Insurance
Jul 24 2020 // The nation’s state insurance commissioner said they are forming a special committee to address issues of race in insurance including the level of diversity in the industry and insurance product design and pricing...
Updated Upcoming Insurance Event Cancellations: NAIC, WSIA, Cannabis, CFA…
Mar 10 2020 // The number of industry-related conferences being cancelled, postponed or moved to virtual platforms in response to the coronavirus threat is growing. The Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) has joined the...
Arkansas’ Kerr Named Chair of NAIC’s Market Regulation, Consumer Affairs Committee
Jan 22 2020 // 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 2020. This is the second time...
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Appointed as NAIC Committee Chair
Jan 22 2020 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has been selected for the second consecutive year to serve as chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance...
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Appointed Chair of NAIC Antifraud Task Force
Jan 21 2020 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro was appointed chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Antifraud Task Force. Commissioner Navarro previously served as vice-chair of the committee...
Southeast Insurance Chiefs Farmer, Altmaier Elected to Top NAIC Posts
Dec 11 2019 // South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier have been elected to the positions of president and president-elect, respectively, of the NAIC (National...
Idaho Department of Insurance Director Voted NAIC Vice President-elect
Dec 10 2019 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean L. Cameron has been voted vice president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Cameron served as Secretary-Treasurer of the NAIC for 2019. Starting Jan....
NAIC Innovation Panel Moves for Update of Anti-Rebating Model
Aug 5 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has taken the first step in what stands to be a more than yearlong process to update the rules states use to police impermissible “rebates” offered by...
Big ‘I’ Agents’ Group Names NAIC’s Eilers-Bowser to Capitol Hill Team
Jul 22 2019 // Heather Eilers-Bowser recently joined the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ( Big “I”) Capitol Hill team as federal government affairs counsel. Her role will include federal legislative and...
Former Tenn. Insurance Head McPeak Joins Greenberg Traurig Law Firm in Nashville
Jun 18 2019 // Former Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak, who stepped down as the head of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner last month, will join the global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A.,...
Take the Flood Insurance Quiz
Jun 12 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released an online quiz, “What the Flood!,” as part of its #YourRiskIsReal campaign, an ongoing effort to educate consumers about flood risks and the...
Millennials More Likely to Buy Flood Insurance Than Baby Boomers
Jun 4 2019 // Millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996— are nearly three times more likely to have purchased flood insurance than their older Baby Boomer counterparts born between 1944 and 1964, a new survey finds. Overall,...
Tennessee Insurance Head McPeak Steps Down; Lawrence Tapped as Interim Chief
May 14 2019 // After eight years as the head of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI), Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak is leaving Tennessee state government in order to pursue career opportunities in the private...
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Mar 18 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) earlier this year named 34 representatives for 2019 under its Consumer Liaison Program that promotes consumer interaction with state insurance regulators at...
California Bills Would Add More Punch to Consumer Data Protection Law
Mar 6 2019 // Professionals in the cyber arena could find themselves quite busy in the near future with the possibility of California consumers gaining even more power to sue corporations for mishandling personal data under two recently...
Florida Insurance Commissioner Altmaier Elected VP of the NAIC
Feb 6 2019 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has been elected by members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to serve as vice president of the organization, effective immediately. Altmaier joins...
I.I.I. Adds Ruiz, NAIC’s Holeman to Communications Team
Jan 29 2019 // The New York-based Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has appointed two new full-time employees with experience in consumer education, media relations, public affairs and strategic communications to the...
Tennessee Insurance Head McPeak On Leading NAIC, Priorities Under New Gov
Jan 21 2019 // Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak’s tenure as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) may have come to an end, but her work as an insurance regulator will continue for...
NAIC Names 34 Insurance Consumer Representatives for 2019
Jan 18 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 34 consumer liaison representatives for 2019. Established in 1992, the Consumer Liaison Program promotes consumer interaction with state insurance...
