TO: FACC Members and Supporters We want to make you aware of draft legislation soon to be introduced in California that is highly troublesome. This is legislation advocated by the California Insurance Commissioner which is contrary to the NAIC Model and would be harmful to consumer choice. FACC is concerned…

From the standpoint of good governance and promoting sound regulation that is business friendly, consumer protective, and consistent with a competitive marketplace, we believe South Dakota would be best served to not deviate from the NAIC model requirements. We hope you – as Governor – will appreciate and agree that it is a strong statement in favor of state insurance regulation that so many states have already banded together to adopt best interest standards befitting the insurance industry and thereby have helped preserve state regulation against federal encroachment.

We urge that Subchapter 17 be modified to specify the content of required disclosure forms rather than stating “on a form prescribed by the Commissioner.” These statements appear in the “Disclosure obligation” and “Documentation obligation” provisions in subsection 365:25-17-7 (a) concerning Best Interest Obligations. This modification could be done either by incorporating the full forms into the regulation as provided for in the NAIC Model Regulation or making specific reference to the NAIC Model Regulation exhibit forms.

We urge Wyoming to specify the content of Disclosures A, B, and C as done in the Model Regulation. This could be done either by incorporating the full forms into the regulation or making specific reference to the NAIC model regulation exhibit forms. The NAIC model regulation identifies these exhibit forms as Appendices A, B, and C.

FACC must strongly oppose the proposal to amend Georgia’s suitability regulation as currently drafted. The current proposal attempts to create a “best interest” standard in a single sentence which FACC believes would be a serious mistake and would prove counterproductive as compared to adopting the newly revised NAIC Model Regulation in its entirety.

Georgia Insurance Department is to be commended for its interest in modernizing your existing regulation and the following path of 29 other states who have adopted the regulation.

If there is doubt, the Department should incorporate the above language for consistency purposes and avoid creating unnecessary civil action exposure for agents and agencies operating in Illinois.

FACC opposes the proposed regulation which we believe is unnecessary, redundant, and potentially confusing.  While many states – 28 to date – have adopted the NAIC model regulation through rulemaking or legislation, none has seen the need to adopt a regulation similar to the one proposed here.  The reason is

FACC supports the proposal to amend Tennessee’s suitability regulation as currently draftedand publicly proposed.  FACC would strongly oppose any consideration of changes to the language that would deviate from the language contained in the NAIC Model #275.