Judge Nixes Michigan Credit Scoring Ban

The property-casualty insurance industry scored a first-round court victory last week in its effort to overturn Michigan's ban on the use of consumer credit records in personal lines underwriting.

Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher wrote that Insurance Commissioner Linda Watters' order banning credit scoring was illegal because it is an "attempt to rewrite the insurance code through administrative lawmaking."

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