Credit Scoring News

District of Columbia – Thomas Hampton

Federal regulation of banking and securities works fairly well, but translating that model to insurance would be a real challenge given the “parochial” nature of state insurance coverage mandates and laws, according to Thomas Hampton, commissioner of the District of …

Keeping score

Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are …

Editor’s Note: Keeping score

Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are …

Future predictions

People ring in the New Year with all sorts of traditions. New Yorkers drop a Waterford crystal ball in Times Square. Japanese families shoot off fireworks to keep evil spirits away. And in the South, a meal of cornbread black-eyed …

Credit scoring an issue in 2007

Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases …

Credit scoring an issue in 2007

Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases …

It Figures

0.9% The workers’ compensation voluntary loss cost decrease approved by the New Hampshire Insurance Department, along with a reduction in assigned risk rates of 0.6 percent. The new figures went into effect Jan. 1. The decision mirrors the request made …

13 states file briefs against credit scoring

Delaware Commissioner of Insurance Matt Denn has taken arguments against insurance industry use of credit scoring to the U.S. Supreme Court, filing a brief in a pending case involving the practice. The amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief …

Figures

0.9% The workers’ compensation voluntary loss cost decrease approved by the New Hampshire Insurance Department, along with a reduction in assigned risk rates of 0.6 percent. The new figures went into effect Jan. 1. The decision mirrors the request made …

Editor’s Note: Credit scoring an issue in 2007

Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases …