A string of putative class actions has been filed against life insurance companies for allegedly violating section 20(b) of Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) by using applicants’ family medical history in...more
1/22/2024
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Genetic Materials ,
Health Insurance ,
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Medical History ,
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Statutory Violations ,
Underwriting
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paper, the NAIC’s Accelerated Underwriting (A) Working Group (AUWG) moved to the second part of their charge — draft guidance for the states.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
Colorado Senate Bill (SB) 21-169, which became law in 2021, is intended to “hold insurers accountable for testing their big data systems — including external consumer data and information sources, algorithms, and predictive...more
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On September 28, the Colorado Division of Insurance (CO DOI) held its fourth stakeholder meeting to discuss life insurers’ underwriting practices. SB-169 required insurers to test their...more
As the various NAIC groups and state regulators continue to ascertain the seaworthiness of insurers’ use of consumer data, algorithms, and machine learning, these lookouts have set their sights on unfair discrimination. The...more
On July 8, the Colorado Division of Insurance (CO DOI) piloted its third stakeholder meeting during which the CO DOI continued to chart life insurers’ underwriting practices as part of the required rulemaking process to...more
On June 30, 2022, the California Department of Insurance (CA DOI) released a bulletin titled "Allegations of Racial Bias and Unfair Discrimination in Marketing, Rating, Underwriting, and Claims Practices by the Insurance...more
With spring’s arrival, a bouquet of differing NAIC groups and states is popping up to consider the use of big data and algorithms by insurers, including algorithms based on machine learning. Many are focusing on life...more
On February 17, like an orchestra conductor, Colorado Division of Insurance (Colorado DOI) Commissioner Michael Conway directed the first of many stakeholder engagement meetings as part of Colorado Senate Bill 21-169's (as...more
Newly enacted Colorado Statutes section 10-3-1104.9 requires the Colorado Division of Insurance to hold stakeholder meetings to consider insurers' use of external consumer data and information sources, as well as algorithms...more
With the growing use of algorithms and external consumer data, several national and international bodies have recently drafted work product or proposed regulations as follows...more
On July 6, 2021, the governor of Colorado signed Senate Bill 21-169 prohibiting insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources (external data), as well as algorithms and predictive models using external data...more
As accelerated underwriting (AU) and artificial intelligence (AI) begin to turn life underwriting upside down, several NAIC working groups are seeking to bring order to the disruption: the Big Data (EX) Working Group (“Big...more
9/4/2020
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Big Data ,
Data Management ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Life Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Underwriting ,
Working Groups
The Accelerated Underwriting (A) Working Group (AU WG) sprang into action during the first part of the year learning about the landscape of insurers' use of algorithms in underwriting and potential issues of such use, holding...more
Several NAIC groups continued addressing issues related to innovation in the life insurance industry as follows...more
2/12/2020
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Innovation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Licensing Rules ,
Life Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Personal Data ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Underwriting ,
Vendors ,
Working Groups
Like a game of whack-a-mole, new or existing NAIC groups are being tasked to consider the various regulatory issues that are popping up from insurance innovation....more
10/11/2019
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Big Data ,
Consumer Insurance Products ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Life Insurance ,
NAIC ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Sandbox ,
Underwriting
As previously reported in our October 9, 2018, client alert, the sands began shifting in late 2018 when the NAIC Big Data Working Group (Big Data WG) began questioning life insurer’s use of big data after a LIMRA survey found...more
At recent meetings, the NAIC's Big Data (EX) Working Group (Big Data WG) has shifted its gaze to the use of big data in life insurance underwriting. Before these meetings, the Big Data WG had focused on the impact of big data...more
On June 29, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) initiated an investigation into the use of external (i.e., not provided by the consumer) consumer data or information sources in connection with underwriting by...more
On September 21, the United Kingdom's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), released a "Feedback Statement" after completing a review of insurance industry responses to its November 2015 "Call for...more
9/22/2016
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Data Protection ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Price Discrimination ,
Price Optimization ,
Risk Assessment ,
UK ,
Underwriting
On December 11, the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee (Market Reg Committee) of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the following charge...
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Various groups within the NAIC are beginning to study the way in which insurers are using big data. On the property and casualty front, the Market Regulation (D) (Market Reg) Committee is reviewing the use of big data in...more