At the NAIC Spring National Meeting, the Illustration Subgroup and the Suitability Working Group reported that they are building out the following additions...more
5/7/2025
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Best Interest Standard ,
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Life Insurance ,
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New Guidance ,
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Sustainability ,
Working Groups
Since the start of 2025, the following states have added to the roadwork on artificial intelligence regulation in insurance by implementing the NAIC’s model bulletin on the use of AI systems by insurers...more
5/1/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Colorado ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Machine Learning ,
NAIC ,
Pending Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government
During the NAIC Spring National Meeting, the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group reviewed its blueprint to build an overarching regulatory edifice to oversee insurers’ use of artificial intelligence...more
4/29/2025
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Data Collection ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Machine Learning ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
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Regulators are growing concerned about the delegation of various insurance company functions, prompting a closer examination of third-party vendors. Several groups within the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...more
2/6/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Benefits ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Machine Learning ,
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Privacy Concerns ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Gone With the Wind?
Closed-End Funds Risk Extinction -
Shares of SEC-registered closed-end funds (CEFs) have long held significant potential advantages for some investors. For example, unlike shares of mutual funds...more
10/16/2024
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Life Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Retirement Plan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Social Media
At the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Summer 2024 National Meeting, the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee received a report of its Life Actuarial (A) Task Force and a presentation on indexed...more
Since the 2023 adoption by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners of its model bulletin on the use of AI systems by insurers, states have been adopting the model bulletin or draft requirements of their own. Below...more
A "time cut" is a ruling within cycling to ensure that riders keep pace. Similarly, regulators have placed time cuts, or deadlines, for insurers to certify compliance with cybersecurity regulations. Some of the time cuts are...more
After strapping on their skis and riding up the lifts, the NAIC groups reported to their events. The results of the events of note for life insurers are as follows...more
States have been off to the races to place in the artificial intelligence insurance regulatory Grand Prix. The NAIC adopted the Model Bulletin on the Use of AI Systems by Insurers, which some states have drafted on to adopt...more
Regulators Hit Jackpot: Off-Channel Communications -
Several years before announcing the first “off-channel” communications enforcement action, the SEC and FINRA cautioned broker-dealers and investment advisers about...more
10/11/2023
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Best Interest Standard ,
Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
COBRA ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Financial Contracts ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Health Insurance ,
Insider Trading ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Investment Management ,
Life Insurance ,
Money Market Funds ,
Mutual Funds ,
NAIC ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
No-Action Letters ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYDFS ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retirement ,
Robocalling ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour
On July 17, the Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners released its exposure draft of the NAIC’s model bulletin on insurers’ use of algorithms,...more
10/11/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
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Life Insurance ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Technology
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Privacy Working Group has been feverishly shuffling and re-dealing its new privacy model, but its luck may be running out....more
On August 31, 2023, the Colorado Division of Insurance will hold a virtual rulemaking hearing for its proposed regulation on governance and risk management framework requirements for life insurers using external consumer data...more
8/7/2023
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Colorado ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Internet of Things ,
Life Insurance ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Third-Party ,
Vendors
Colorado DOI Summer Reading for Life Insurers -
On May 26 — just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend — the Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) issued for public comment a second draft of its proposed “Governance and Risk...more
Various chefs within the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and some individual states’ chefs continue to address insurers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), the use and protection of...more
The Colorado Division of Insurance announced this week that it will host another stakeholder meeting regarding unfair discrimination in insurance practices on April 6, 2023, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. MT. Unlike prior meetings,...more
Following completion of its 2022 educational paper, the NAIC’s Accelerated Underwriting (A) Working Group (AUWG) moved to the second part of their charge — draft guidance for the states. During their call on February 22, the...more
On November 29, the NAIC Index-Linked Variable Annuity (A) Subgroup (ILVA Subgroup) issued a proposed actuarial guideline to clarify the application of NAIC Model 250, Variable Annuity Model Regulation, and NAIC Model 805,...more
In 2020, the NAIC formed the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance to consider what measures insurance regulators and the industry can take to increase diversity and inclusion within the insurance industry and to...more
Just in time for the holidays, the Innovation and Technology Task Force (Innovation TF) and the NAIC Executive (EX) Committee adopted revisions to Section 4(H) of the NAIC Unfair Trade Practices Act (Model 880). ...more
As the year of COVID-19 closes, NAIC groups are adopting their charges for 2021. Especially notable are the following: LATF’s Indexed Universal Life Illustration Subgroup will:
This group will finalize its white paper on...more
It looks as if 2021 will be a busy year as states move to implement the NAIC 2020 revisions to the Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation (Model 275), or other duty of care measures. The below chart outlines the...more
The NAIC Virtual Summer National Meeting marked that it is time to get back to school for a number of annuity and life disclosure and illustration initiatives. Both regulators and insurers will need to sharpen their pencils...more
The NAIC and the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (“Compact”) are cooking up various initiatives that will impact life and annuity issuers. Below is the spread of the different issues....more