NAIC Blasted For Not Joining OSHA Ergonomics Rules Fight
To The Editor:
I applaud Steven Brostoff's "Capitol Insights" commentary regarding the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' lack of support for those opposing the ergonomics rules proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (See NU, April 2, page 31: "Support For Fed Intrusion Could Haunt NAIC.")
The NAIC stuck its head in the sand on the OSHA rule and said in essence that a two-tiered workers compensation system shoved down our throats by the federal government is just fine by we, the insurance commissioners.
Now all of a sudden the NAIC wants everyone to get "religion" and back their cause to defeat any federal insurance regulation proposals.
If the NAIC truly wanted to "protect the consumer" as they espouse, then they should have joined the throngs of organizations, businesses, associations and consumer groups that opposed the federal ergonomic mandate. They would have made allies for their own battle against the Feds.
Lance J. Ewing
Senior Director
Insurance & Loss Prevention
GES Exposition Services
Las Vegas, Nev.
Reproduced from National Underwriter Edition, June 22, 2001. Copyright 2001 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.
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