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The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
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The Impact of Credit-Based Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of Insurance
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 10:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Oversight and Investigations
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Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to Hold Hearing on the Impact of Credit Based Insurance Scores on Consumers
WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Representative Melvin L. Watt (D-NC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today announced a second hearing to consider the impact of using credit-based insurance scores on consumers. The hearing will also examine recent legislation that has been introduced aimed at addressing this issue and the broader topic of insurance companies using socio-economic factors to rate consumers.
Congressman Watt said, “The October Subcommittee hearing on the use of credit-based insurance scoring reinforced my concerns about this practice. I have scheduled a second hearing to obtain more information for the members of the full Financial Services Committee to use in evaluating the impact of credit-based insurance scoring and possible alternatives that would result in fairer and less discriminatory results.”
"I fully support further investigation into this alarming trend of using credit information to determine rates of personal lines of insurance," said Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL). "For families who are only beginning to establish credit -- including minority and immigrant communities -- this practice puts them in a difficult and unfair financial position."
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Witness List & Prepared Testimony:
Panel One
- Ms. Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
- Honorable Kevin McCarty, Insurance Commissioner, State of Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
- Honorable George J. Keiser, Representative, State of North Dakota, on behalf of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)
Panel Two
- Mr. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, Consumer Federation of America
- Ms. Lisa Rice, Vice President, National Fair Housing Alliance
- Mr. Eric Poe, Chief Operating Officer, CURE Automobile Insurance
- Mr. Charles Neeson, Senior Executive, Personal Lines Products, Westfield Group, on behalf of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
- Mr. Stuart Pratt, President, Consumer Data Industry Association
- Dr. Lawrence S. Powell, Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Available Member Statements: Congressman Carson
Printed Hearing: 110-113
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