Pennsylvania has stopped participating in the fingerprint repository project sponsored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., that has drawn heavy opposition from insurance agents.

Diane Koken, Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner, disclosed the state's action on Friday in a letter to the Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania.

Her department will no longer submit digital fingerprints to the NAIC Digital Fingerprint Central Repository pilot project, she wrote, citing the "national and local debate surrounding the efficacy of this process."

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