Belmar, NJ – Today, the Officers of the National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s Executive Order regarding the preemption of state regulation surrounding artificial intelligence (AI):
“As state insurance legislators, we are greatly disturbed with the recently signed Executive Order that aims to limit the ability of States to regulate artificial intelligence. As NCOIL said in May when a proposed 10-year moratorium on state legislative and regulatory authority was being considered by Congress, it’s vital that state legislators have the ability to develop policy that protects our constituents. Those constituents have been steadfast in asking for safeguards against the current unknowns surrounding AI, and it’s important that they not be deprived of state-based policy solutions, particularly during a time of such polarization and gridlock in Washington D.C.
This moment is precisely the kind of opportunity in which the states should continue serving as the laboratories of democracy, as they have so effectively done in the past. We believe the Executive Order is not the final word on this and that the Administration will likely be hearing from the Judicial system on this questionable Order. NCOIL will continue to work on developing public policy surrounding AI and insurance for States to use as guidance in trying to protect consumers while not hindering innovation.”
You can view the May statement from the NCOIL Officers at the link here: https://ncoil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Officer-Statement.pdf
You can view a copy of the Executive Order here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/
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NCOIL is a national legislative organization with the nation’s 50 states as members, represented principally by legislators serving on their states’ insurance and financial institutions committees. NCOIL writes Model Laws in insurance and financial services, works to preserve the State jurisdiction over insurance as established by the McCarran-Ferguson Act 80 years ago, and to serve as an educational forum for public policymakers and interested parties. Founded in 1969, NCOIL works to assert the prerogative of legislators in making State policy when it comes to insurance and educate State legislators on current and longstanding insurance issues.