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News Archive: Financial Information Privacy
More Catastrophe-Related Laws Enacted in 2006, Annual NAMIC Survey of State Insurance Laws Reveals
Enacted catastrophe-related laws increased dramatically in the states last year, according to the annual survey of state insurance laws prepared by NAMIC. (Posted: 2/22/2007)
Financial Reporting Model Based on SOX Unjustified, Says NAMIC
INDIANAPOLIS (April 24, 2006)—State regulators considering an “alternate proposal” for internal accounting control have failed to heed the caution from U.S.Representatives Michael Oxley and Richard Baker that any extension of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to state regulation be reconciled with additional benefits to policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). (Posted: 4/24/2006)
Automobile insurance-related issues continued to dominate legislative enactments in 2005, according to a NAMIC analysis. (Posted: 3/31/2006)
NAMIC 2005 Survey of New State Insurance Laws Summary and Analysis
This edition of the NAMIC Annual Survey of New State Insurance Laws covers more than 625 property/casualty laws approved by 48 state legislatures in 2005. While all state legislatures met during 2005, the following states are included in this year’s survey with the number of new property/casualty laws noted in parenthesis for each. (Posted: 3/31/2006)
Insurance Regulatory Reform, Asbestos Reform Top NAMIC’s 2006 Federal Affairs Agenda
NAMIC has set its federal affairs agenda for 2006. According to David Winston, NAMIC’s senior vice president of federal affairs, two of the top legislative priorities on the agenda are insurance regulatory reform and asbestos reform. (Posted: 3/1/2006)
White House Fact Sheet: Protecting New Orleans From Future Flooding
President Bush is working to make the New Orleans levee system better and stronger than ever before and is helping to restore the surrounding wetlands to provide additional flood and storm protection. (Posted: 1/16/2006)
Assurance Partners Bank Offers Tips on Safe Computing
As more and more people spend time online, the number and sophistication of “phishing” and “spoofing" scams sent out to consumers are continuing to increase dramatically. “Phishing” is a form of Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. (Posted: 11/18/2005)
Study Released on Top U.S. Insurance Companies’ Privacy Compliance
The commissioner of the Washington, D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB), Lawrence Mirel, has released a report to Congress and the public on the findings of a national study on the privacy protection practices of more than 100 largest insurance groups in the U.S. (Posted: 9/28/2005)
One in Five Americans Have Been Victims of Identity Fraud
With companies reporting data breaches seemingly every week, more people are becoming victims of identity theft, even as awareness rises. (Posted: 7/8/2005)
Gov. Owens signed S.B. 137, Concerning Identity Theft, into law on Wednesday. (Posted: 6/6/2005)
Security is Everybody’s Business (6/1/2005)
Farm Focus: Identity Theft Continues to Increase (6/1/2005)
Pump Up the Volume (4/1/2005)
Fingerprint Pilot Project to Begin in April (3/18/2005)
Additional Legal Reform Tops NAMIC’s 2005 Federal Affairs Agenda (3/10/2005)
Colorado: Senate to Exclude Insurance From SB 137, Concerning Identity Theft (2/28/2005)
NAMIC 2004 Survey of New State Insurance Laws Summary and Analysis (1/31/2005)
Rate Modernization, Protecting Underwriting Tools, Tort Reform Top 2005 NAMIC National State Agenda (1/14/2005)
NAMIC Offers Initial Preview of Its 2005 National State Legislative Agenda (1/7/2005)
NAMIC Previews Its 2005 National State Legislative Agenda (1/7/2005)
NAMIC Raises 5th Amendment, Confidentiality Concerns over Proposed NAIC Broker Activities Questionnaire (12/1/2004)
Getting to Know You … Getting to Know All About You (12/1/2004)
Consumer Issues, NAIC Consumer Liaison Committee and Executive Consumer Protection Working Group (6/21/2004)
California: Outsourcing/Privacy Bill Schedule for Hearing (4/23/2004)
NAMIC 2003 Survey of New State Insurance Laws (1/28/2004)
Public Policy Summit (11/13/2003)
Auto Insurance and Worker’s Comp Emerge as Leading Issue Trends Among 2002’s New P/C Laws (2/25/2003)
2002 Survey of New State Insurance Laws: Summary and Issue Trend Analysis (2/21/2003)
NAMIC Announces 2003 State Issues Agenda (1/8/2003)
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