National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) International Fellows Program is kicking off its 2026 virtual spring session today. More than 200 insurance regulators from 42 jurisdictions will participate in the spring program, which runs through May 8. Both numbers are records for the spring session. Read more: https://ow.ly/t9uz50YN7J5

Registration closes this Friday, April 17, for the 2026 #NAICIIForum! This year's event will take place on May 7–8 in our nation's capital. Connect: Meet insurance sector thought leaders from across the world. Engage: Exchange views on pressing issues with attendees and speakers with diverse experiences and perspectives. Energize: Utilize these new experiences and interactions to see a traditional sector from new angles and implement real-world solutions. Space is limited! Visit the NAIC website for more details on registration and this year's speakers and agenda: https://ow.ly/RsWe50YJ5i0.

Registration is closing soon for our 2026 International Insurance Forum! Join us in our nation's capital on May 7–8 as insurance regulators, industry professionals, policymakers, and thought leaders from around the globe explore key issues facing the insurance sector and how companies, consumers, and regulators are addressing them. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ebHH7jJa.

Registration is closing soon for our 2026 International Insurance Forum! Join us in our nation's capital on May 7–8 as insurance regulators, industry professionals, policymakers, and thought leaders from around the globe explore key issues facing the insurance sector and how companies, consumers, and regulators are addressing them. Learn more: https://ow.ly/MFCZ50YCzli

New research led by the NAIC Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence (COE) demonstrates how science-based mitigation and catastrophe modeling can significantly reduce disaster losses and support stronger, more stable insurance markets. The analysis, conducted in partnership with the California Department of Insurance, found that rebuilding wildfire-impacted communities to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home™ Standards could reduce projected wildfire average annual losses (AAL) by up to 35 percent when adopted by all individual homeowners in the community. AAL is a central data point in insurance rates filings and can be a factor in determining whether insurers will offer coverage in an area and at what price. While focused on Los Angeles, the study illustrates the broader national value of the COE’s work in helping state insurance regulators assess risk and improve long-term insurability. “Catastrophe risk is a national challenge, and state insurance regulators rely on sound data and modeling to protect consumers and support healthy insurance markets,” said NAIC President and Virginia Insurance Commissioner Scott A. White. “The Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence helps regulators turn complex risk information into actionable insight.” Read more: https://ow.ly/rOHP50YBVON

During the 2026 #NAICSpringMeeting, state insurance regulators announced they have issued a nationwide data call to insurance companies to better understand homeowners insurance markets across the United States, down to the ZIP code level. The data call will be the most comprehensive collection of homeowners insurance policy data in the United States. The data will help regulators assess how coverage options and deductibles affect costs and access, evaluate mitigation efforts, monitor insurers’ financial strength, and better understand consumer awareness of insurance options. “State insurance regulators are on the frontlines of consumer protection,” said Florida Insurance Commissioner and NAIC Homeowners Market Data Call (C) Task Force Chair Mike Yaworsky. “Our state-led data call will help equip us with even more information, tools, and resources to not only speed resilience but also increase preparation before severe weather hits. It will also help us ensure companies have the capital they need to quickly and fully pay claims in some of consumers' most vulnerable moments.” Read more: https://ow.ly/JMIx50YzqOV

#NAICSpringMeeting March 23 and 24, 2026

At the #NAICSpringMeeting, regulators stayed at the forefront of addressing emerging challenges by receiving a presentation about the latest technological developments, like agentic AI. The Committee also received an update about the proposal for a Cybersecurity Event Notification Portal. It would create a centralized location for insurance companies to report cyberattacks to state departments of insurance, making responses faster, reducing confusion and cost, and improving protection for consumers. (The proposal was adopted on March 13 during the Cybersecurity (H) Working Group meeting.)

During the #NAICSpringMeeting, the Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee, chaired by Commissioner Michael Conway, reviewed homeowners market data call efforts, affordability and availability strategies, challenges in liability insurance markets related to childcare agencies, and discussed recent trends and reforms related to auto insurance. Learn more about the call: https://ow.ly/kBRc50YyWYB

At the #NAICSpringMeeting, the Financial Condition (E) Committee advanced key solvency priorities by adopting task force reports, reviewing updates on AI oversight, statutory accounting, and invested assets, and moving forward on risk‑based capital changes tied to wildfire risk and life insurer collateral loans.