NCOIL ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS FOR SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RACE
COMMITTEE SCHEDULED TO MEET DECEMBER 9th IN TAMPA AND SPEAKER ROSTER STILL IN FORMATION
NCOIL will hold the initial meeting of its newly formed Special Committee on Race in Insurance Underwriting on Wednesday December 9 at the NCOIL Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. Senator Neil Breslin of New York, former NCOIL President, chairs the committee, which is still in formation. Breslin stated, “I look forward to the committee rolling up its collective sleeves and taking a deeper look into such an important issue. We all know that the 2020s are not the 1950s or even the 1990s, and racial equality is something that has rightly moved to the forefront of many areas”.
Breslin previously commented that the insurance industry has taken steps to review and, in some instances, change certain previously established ways of doing business with the intention to address systemic racism. “By forming this committee, we are creating a platform where NCOIL can examine and determine if unfair racial discrimination exists in insurance underwriting and NCOIL’s model laws,” Breslin concluded.
NCOIL President Rep. Matt Lehman (IN) stated “we have a really great line up of speakers so far who are passionate about this issue and are excited to be a part of something meaningful.”
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