A funny thing happened on the way to the final version of the Massachusetts Securities Division’s fiduciary rule for broker dealers and their registered representatives. NAIFA’s grassroots army made their presence known and helped to reshape what could have been a disastrous regulation for insurance and financial professionals and the Main Street consumers who rely on them for products, services, and guidance.
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State Advocacy Impact! NAIFA Helps Reshape Massachusetts Fiduciary Proposal
Topics: Grassroots Insurance & Financial Advisor Regulation Massachusetts
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NAIFA Chapters Lobby for Suggested Revisions to NAIC Cybersecurity Model Law
In 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted a Data Security Model Law and states have been quick to respond. So far, South Carolina has been the only state to adopt the actual model with no modifications –which isn’t too surprising considering South Carolina’s Insurance Director, Ray Farmer, led the Cybersecurity Working Group at the NAIC.
Topics: Interstate Advocacy Privacy Data Security
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NAIFA Member to the Seattle Times: State-Run Retirement Plan Is a Bad Idea
Legislation now before the Washington Legislature in Olympia that would create a state-run retirement plan “misses the mark,” writes Ryan Jewell, a member of the Board of Trustees with NAIFA’s Washington Chapter, in a letter to the editors of the Seattle Times.
Topics: Retirement Planning State-Facilitated Retirement Plans State Advocacy Washington
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Massachusetts Adopts Final Fiduciary Duty Rule Financial Professionals
Topics: State Advocacy Standard of Care & Consumer Protection Insurance & Financial Advisor Regulation Massachusetts Fiduciary
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NAIFA-Iowa Takes Advocacy to the Hill in Des Moines
Topics: State Advocacy Grassroots Iowa Legislative Day
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NAIFA State Advocacy Is on a Roll!
Topics: State Advocacy Insurance & Financial Advisor Regulation
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NAIFA-Maine Hosts Legislative Breakfast
NAIFA’s Maine chapter yesterday hosted a legislative breakfast attended by approximately 45 insurance and financial professionals. The featured speaker at the event was Eric Cioppa, superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Cioppa gave a presentation held a questions and answers session.
Topics: State Advocacy Grassroots Legislative Day Maine
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NAIFA Media Roundup: January 2020
NAIFA was well represented in the national and trade media during January. NAIFA experts spoke on issues ranging from senior financial protection in New Jersey to a fiduciary proposal in Massachusetts.
Topics: State Advocacy Federal Advocacy
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NAIFA ‘s 130th Anniversary Will Be Celebrated at the May 2020 Congressional Conference
Largest legislative event in the insurance & financial services industry celebrates 130 years of its federal and state advocacy programs.
Topics: Federal Advocacy Grassroots Congressional Conference
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NAIFA-New Mexico Holds Day at the Roundhouse Advocacy Event
Financial professionals met with lawmakers to tell how they serve Main Street consumers and discuss policy matters important to their clients.
