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Commissioners Remain Concerned About Use of Credit Scores, Suitability, Senior Sales State insurance commissioners continue to be interested in how insurance companies are using consumer credit scores. That was just one topic in a wide-ranging discussion that also touched on market conduct exams, suitability and protections for senior consumers....
Insurers Can’t Use New Applicant Credit Data When Renewing Policies, Alaska Supreme Court Rules Insurers won’t be allowed to consider credit information when renewing auto and homeowner policies in Alaska, even if it is the same data they considered when they first rated and underwrote the coverage. That’s the view of the state’s supreme court, which said that, at renewal, insurers must re-rate all policies as if credit information had never been considered....
Health insurance companies are under attack for programs that rank, or their plans to rank, doctors according to how well they meet certain quality of care standards. Connecticut doctors are suing two insuers, claiming that claims costs are the sole judging criteria, and the New York attorney general is asking for more information about the programs....
The industry is talking up insurance to the nation's governors. Two trade associations have sent a letter to the National Governors Association, asking the group to reconsider its opposition to optional federal charters for insurers, and insurance company executives were talking with the Southern Governors Association about the affordability and availability of insurance in coastal areas....
