FIO News
NAIC, Legislators Push to Abolish the Federal Insurance Office
Last week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced its agenda for 2025, including the call to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. This comes on the heels of legislation, the ...
Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says
The U.S. Treasury's Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the "most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history." Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study ...
Dear Elon and Vivek: Insurance Commissioners Urge DOGE to Ditch FIO
Insurance commissioners from nine states are looking to the new Department of Government Efficiency to do away with the Federal Insurance Office. In a letter, addressed to DOGE heads Elon Musk and ...
Florida Commish, NAMIC Push Back on Federal Climate Change Data Call
Florida's insurance commissioner and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are pushing back against a plan by the U.S. Treasury to collect data from insurers on risks from climate ...
Property Insurers to Provide Data to State Insurance Regulators to Better Understand Rates
A nationwide data call was put out recently to property insurers to assist state insurance regulators in better understanding property markets, coverages and protection gaps, according to the ...
NAIC Adds ‘Deep Concerns’ to FIO Bid to Collect Climate Change Data From Insurers
In a letter to the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners expressed its "deep concern" over a proposal to collect data ...
RIMS Sends Letter to FIO in Support of Cyber Insurance Backstop
RIMS said it issued a comment letter to the Federal Insurance Office in response to legislative dialogue regarding a federal backstop for large-scale catastrophic cyber ...
Former FIO Director McRaith Takes Private-Sector Position With Blackstone
Michael McRaith, the former director of the Federal Insurance Office, has joined up with global investment firm Blackstone. McRaith will be managing director of the newly formed Blackstone Insurance ...