On November 17, 2023, the United States Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) and the Volatility and Risk Institute at the NYU Stern School of Business jointly hosted a conference on Catastrophic Cyber Risk and...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2023 Summer National Meeting from August 12 to 16 in Seattle, Washington. As has become the norm, a number of relevant NAIC working groups and task forces...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2023 Spring National Meeting March 21-25 in Louisville, Kentucky.
The agenda for this National Meeting was limited, with a number of NAIC working groups...more
On Wednesday February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (the Working Group) released a draft of a new model law for comment, the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674) (the Proposal), which...more
2/10/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
NAIC ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Rules ,
Working Groups
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2022 Spring National Meeting from March 4 to 8 in Kansas City, Missouri. Although the meeting was held in a hybrid in-person and remote format, roughly 1,500...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2021 Fall National Meeting from December 11 to 16 in San Diego, California. The meeting was held in a hybrid in-person and remote format due to the ongoing...more
1/6/2022
/ Advisory Committee ,
Annuities ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cannabis Products ,
Climate Change ,
Credit Ratings ,
Cybersecurity ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reinsurance ,
Technology ,
Underwriting
The EU-US Insurance Dialogue Project (“Project”) began in early 2012 as an initiative by the European Commission, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the...more
11/8/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Cross-Border ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
Insurance Industry ,
International Harmonization ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
Working Groups
The massive SolarWinds security breach, which affected not only the private sector, but federal, state and local governments, has caused some to question whether to share data with the government. On Friday, December 18, the...more
On May 5, 2020, the NAIC’s Privacy Protections (D) Working Group met via conference call. The Working Group was formed on October 1, 2019, under the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee on a referral from...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Fall National Meeting from December 7 through 10 in Austin, Texas. Notable developments from the Fall National Meeting include:
..Bermuda, Japan and...more
12/27/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Casualty Insurance ,
Flood Insurance ,
Innovation ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Liquidity ,
NAIC ,
Property Insurance ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reinsurance ,
Stress Tests ,
Technology ,
Terrorism Insurance
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Spring National Meeting from April 5 through 9 in Orlando, Florida. This meeting was distinguished by a very large class of new commissioners (15 in...more
4/18/2019
/ Annual Meeting ,
Cybersecurity ,
FSOC ,
IAIS ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Long Term Care Insurance ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
NAIC ,
Reinsurance ,
Risk Assessment ,
SIFIs ,
US-EU Covered Agreement ,
Working Groups
On January 18, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a circular letter to all insurers authorized to write life insurance in New York State setting out the Department’s views concerning the use of...more
2/27/2019
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Data Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Geographic Markets ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
NYDFS ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Third-Party ,
Underwriting
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2018 Summer National Meeting from August 4 through 7 in Boston, Massachusetts. Baseball and weather were pervasive topics, with the Red Sox’ sweep of the...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2018 Spring National Meeting from March 24 through 27 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The winds off Lake Michigan were chilly, but the welcome was warm....more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2017 Fall National Meeting from December 2 through December 4 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Despite the exotic locale, the Fall National Meeting was not as well...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 2017 Summer National Meeting from August 5-9. Commissioners, staff and interested parties alike converged in Philadelphia...more
8/31/2017
/ Accreditation ,
Big Data ,
Bonds ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Flood Insurance ,
FSOC ,
Innovation ,
Insurance Industry ,
Life Insurance ,
Long Term Care Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reinsurance
In a flurry of approvals last week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) took substantial steps toward finalizing its proposed Insurance Data Security Model Law during the 2017 NAIC Summer National...more