March 20, 2024
Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. …
March 19, 2024
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners over the weekend announced Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Gary D. Anderson as the organization’s chief executive officer. Anderson will start leading the NAIC by May 1, after completing his service as the Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner. …
March 11, 2024
While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases. While a number of AI systems have been …
February 9, 2024
Maine Governor Janet Mills has nominated Robert L. Carey of East Boothbay, who has advised state regulators and lawmakers on health insurance issues for decades, to serve as Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Prior to establishing his own …
January 26, 2024
Virginia lawmakers nominated experienced attorneys on Tuesday to fill two long-standing vacancies on the state’s powerful regulatory panel that oversees interests ranging from utilities to insurers. The openings on the three-judge State Corporation Commission have gone unfilled, in one case …
January 24, 2024
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) announced the removal of certain fees associated with insurance licensing forms and faster review times for pending applications. “Accelerating our review time for pending license applications and removing unnecessary fees will help PID better serve …
November 6, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance companies and …
October 6, 2023
Erie Insurance Co. is taking its tiff with the Maryland insurance commissioner over the handling of discriminatory practices findings to federal appeals court. The insurer maintains that the Maryland Insurance Administration has not afforded it adequate opportunity to respond to …
August 21, 2023
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners said at its Summer National Meeting that it plans to collect data from insurers in order to help insurance regulators better understand property markets, especially when it comes to availability affordability. “The increasing frequency …
July 3, 2023
The National Council of Insurance Legislators last week urged the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission to reconsider proposed rules that the organization said encroaches on state regulation. The first of the letters from NCOIL addresses a years …