The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will likely adopt a minimal plan to collect surplus lines insurance taxes without tackling the bigger issue of uniform regulation between the states after an association's task force vote last week.

Regulators on the Surplus Lines Implementation Task Force, and other interested parties, met on a conference call Tuesday afternoon to decide on what plan to present to their legislators at the beginning of the year.

Ultimately, the task force decided on a "bare bones" approach, said Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James J. Donelon, chair of the NAIC's Surplus Lines Implementation Task Force. The plan addresses the collection and allocation of premium taxes from the excess and surplus lines industry, but does not deal with the issue of uniformity of regulation that the industry is pushing for. The regulation issues include insurer eligibility and licensing between states, said Mr. Donelon.