ORLANDO, FLA.--A consumer representative got a positive response from insurance regulators here when he urged them to create a model law requiring insurers to disclose data on the race, sex and income of persons to whom they sell home insurance.

Greg Squires, a sociology professor at George Washington University, spoke Saturday at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting here. He said the type of information involved was already required of home mortgage lenders under the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).

Montana Insurance Commissioner John Morrison, chair of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs Committee, told Mr. Squires his panel "is discussing this. We're on top of this issue. It's bright on our radar screen."

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