Elizabeth Festa & Arthur D. Postal

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  Changing of the Guard

  By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal  |  August 12, 2012

  Dr. Terri Vaughan will retire as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in February.

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  NAIC Clarifies Its Role

  By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal,  |  March 21, 2012

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is acknowledging in a letter to a member of Congress that it is not a “regulatory body,” nor a “standard-setter,” but acts to provide a “forum and vehicle” for its members, who are standard-setters.

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  Is the NAIC a Trade Group or Official Standard-Setter?

  By Elizabeth Festa & Arthur D. Postal  |  December 19, 2011

  Long considered a trade association, and formally defined as an educational foundation, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners plans to re-define itself as a "standard-setting" group, even though critics note it does not have the authority to do so.

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  HHS Rejects NAIC MLR Request

  By Elizabeth Festa & Arthur D. Postal  |  December 2, 2011

  The Obama Administration has rejected the NAIC's request that agent commissions be exempted from PPACA's medical loss ratio standards. But will the effort to carve out agent commissions prevail in Congress?