As president of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), an organization of state lawmakers dedicated to sound insurance public policy, I know first-hand the benefits of state regulation for insurance consumers.
Independent agents at a conference here heard Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., voiced strong support for state insurance regulation today while Republican legislative speakers discussing health care, said reforms should avoid overregulation.
Reasons for supporting state regulation of insurance voiced by some governors don't withstand detailed scrutiny, officials at several Washington conservative think tanks said in a letter to congressional leaders.
WASHINGTON--A panel of the nation's insurance regulators approved a proposal to relax capital and surplus requirements for life insurers after a hearing yesterday that was slammed by a consumer
WASHINGTON--Charles Chamness, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, has written the Senate urging it to reform rather than replace the state-b