National Association of Insurance Commissioners

• New Hampshire Gov Re-Appoints Sevigny as Insurance Commissioner

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 21, 2013

  Roger Sevigny, New Hampshire insurance commissioner since 2003 has been re-appointed for the position by Governor Maggie Hassan.

• IIABA Chairman Says Fight for Agents Continues Over PPACA

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 22, 2013

  The chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America says the association has not abandoned the fight to protect independent agents’ role under federal healthcare reform.

• Women in Insurance Conference to Focus on Mending the Gender Gap

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2013

  Registration is now open for the first-ever Women in Insurance Global Conference, in which the industry’s professional senior leaders will discuss how gender diversity in the C-suite is critical for companies to be relevant and successful in today’s business environment.

• Industry Sees Boston's Importance for TRIA; Focus Now on Justice, Recovery

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com, Elizabeth D. Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2013

  The head of the Insurance Information Institute says in the wake of the bombing tragedy at the Boston Marathon that the stability of the terrorism risk insurance market is contingent on sustaining a federal terrorism risk insurance backstop.

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  VIDEO: Singer Amy Grant Appears in NAIC Spot

  By Staff Writer  |  April 10, 2013

  The lessons Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Amy Grant learned caring for her mother and now her aging father are the focus of a new television public service announcement for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

• NIMA Offering States Limited 'Associate Membership' at No Cost

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 10, 2013

  The Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement is now offering states an associate membership at no cost for one year, banking on the prospect that states will see that they are leaving money on the table, and join up.

• New York: Use Our Force-Placed Settlement as a Template for Reform

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 9, 2013

  New York insurance regulators are urging other states to use its settlement agreement with Assurant, Inc. as a template for a national policy on the issue.

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  NAIC CEO Nelson 'Ready to Fight Immediately' for State Regulation

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 9, 2013

  National Association of Insurance Commissioners CEO Ben Nelson, and a group that says it is poised to defend state regulation, upped the rhetoric against federal insurance supervision while at an event here.

• NAIC to Conduct Survey on Access to Reinsurance Information

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 9, 2013

  The NAIC will be conducting a survey, at the request of the Federal Insurance Office, on a part of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 to gather information on access to reinsurance information.

• Corporate Governance Procedures to Get Own Model Law

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 8, 2013

  The NAIC is moving forward with a new model law to facilitate the annual collection of confidential information on insurers’ corporate governance practices.

• Ceres: Insurers Acknowledge Climate Change, but Are Not Prepared for Threats

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 29, 2013

  Insurers across all sectors are acknowledging the impact of climate change on their business, but they are failing to engage in discussions about how to stay ahead of the potential threats, a new preparedness study says.

• Assurant Settles with New York over Force-Placed Policies

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 21, 2013

  Assurant, Inc. has agreed to implement reforms and refund $14 million to New Yorkers who were required to buy force-placed homeowners insurance.

• Agent/Broker Groups Testify in Favor of Latest NARAB Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com, Elizabeth Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 19, 2013

  Agent and broker groups voiced strong support at a Senate hearing today for legislation that would create a streamlined non-resident producer licensing system.

• NARAB II introduced in House and Senate

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  March 13, 2013

  Bipartisan legislation to introduce National Association of Registered Agents & Brokers Act of 2013 (NARAB II), which would streamline the insurance agent licensing process legislation has been introduced in both the House and the Senate with a Senate Hearing scheduled for next week, a watershed legislative event for the insurance...

• Ceres: Insurers Acknowledge Climate Change, but Are Not Prepared for Threats

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 11, 2013

  Insurers across all sectors are acknowledging the impacts of climate change on their business, but they are failing to engage in discussions about how to stay ahead of the potential threats, a new preparedness study says.

• NAIC CEO Ben Nelson's Three Other Jobs

  By Elizabeth Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 8, 2013

  Former Nebraska senator and current NAIC CEO Ben Nelson, along with two colleagues, announced the launch of Heartland Strategy Group LLC last week. This brings the portfolio of jobs Nelson is juggling to four.