McCarran-Shield.JPGThe battle lines were drawn yesterday in Las Vegas in the first of two debates over state versus federal regulation between AIA President Marc Racicot and NAIC President Sandy Praeger, with yours truly serving as referee. Read on for the skinny on the key points each side scored, and feel free to weigh in with your own views.

The pair debated for two hours at the kickoff session of the National Insurance Industry Convention & Expo, with the session sponsored by the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices. (For my full news account of the debate, click here.)

Below I summarize the essential positions of each of the debaters, providing a few interesting tidbits to chew on as we prepare for round two of this debate, to be webcast by NU on Sept. 25.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© Touchpoint Markets, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more inforrmation visit Asset & Logo Licensing.