NCOIL CONCLUDES VIRTUAL DC FLY-IN TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE-BASED INSURANCE REGULATION
On October 15th, a bi-partisan group of NCOIL legislators from State Senates and State Houses of Representatives around the country participated in Zoom meetings and phone calls to educate Members of Congress and their staffs about the vital importance of statebased regulation of insurance and its success for more than 70 years. This was NCOIL’s fifth consecutive DC fly-in – the first using a virtual format.
Participating legislators included IN Rep. Matt Lehman, NCOIL President; CA Asm. Ken Cooley, NCOIL Vice President; NY Asm. Kevin Cahill, NCOIL Treasurer; KY Rep. Joe Fischer, NCOIL Secretary; IN Sen. Travis Holdman, NCOIL Immediate Past President; AR Sen. Jason Rapert, NCOIL Immediate Past President; KY Rep. Bart Rowland, Chair of the NCOIL Property & Casualty Insurance Committee; LA Rep. Edmond Jordan, Chair of the NCOIL Financial Services & MultiLines Issues Committee; NC Sen. Vickie Sawyer, Vice Chair of the NCOIL Property & Casualty Insurance Committee; MN Sen. Paul Utke, Vice Chair of the NCOIL Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee; NY Asw. Pam Hunter, Chair of the NCOIL Health Insurance & Long Term Care Issues Committee; OH Sen. Bob Hackett, Chair of the NCOIL Joint State-Federal Relations & International Insurance Issues Committee; AZ Sen. David Livingston, Chair of the NCOIL Articles of Organization & Bylaws Revision Committee; and TX Rep. Tom Oliverson, M.D., Chair of the NCOIL Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee. They, together with NCOIL CEO Commissioner Tom Considine and staff, participated in meetings with Senators, Congressman, and committee and congressional staff, including significant numbers of both the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee, to highlight the need to protect the state-based system of insurance regulation.
Meetings included more than 40 meetings overall and numerous Member meetings including Rep. Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Service Committee, and senior staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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