E-News January 19, 2005

FIRST DRAFT OF PLMA COMPLETED 
The NAIC has approved a first draft of a proposed Producer Licensing Model Act and a number of state legislatures may bring it up for consideration during their upcoming legislative sessions. 

As approved, the act excludes licensed insurance producer who act only as an intermediary between an insurer and the customer’s producer, "for example a managing general agent, a sales manager, or wholesale broker; or a reinsurance intermediary." 

While the act was approved during a conference call at the end of December, the NAIC was asked to revisit several items and report back by the next NAIC meeting in March in Salt Lake City. A copy of the draft is available in the Legislation/Regulation section NAPSLO Website at www.napslo.org.

REGISTRATION UNDERWAY FOR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Programs on disaster recovery, open source developments, roundtable sessions, new products and services, and the London/ACORD data standards, and the annual business trade mart and showcase will be part of the AAMGA’s Automation Conference, set for March 12 - 15, 2005, at the new Hyatt Hotel in Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing.

NAPSLO is sponsoring the keynote address by Wally Marciniak who will present Microsoft’s electronic processing solutions working in partnership with ACORD. The Technology Conference is being combined with the AAMGA's University Weekend East. Both are open to representatives of AAMGA and NAPSLO member firms.

Registration materials are available on the AAMGA website at www.aamga.org. Discounted registration is available until Feb. 9 and the hotel deadline is Feb. 17.

ANNUAL INCOME & EXPENSE SURVEY TO BE CONDUCTED
The AAMGA will be sending out the annual Income & Expense Survey to NAPSLO and AAMGA wholsale broker and MGA members this month and is asking firms to complete and return the survey no later than April 8, 2005. The final report will be available during early Summer, 2005.

The Survey is being performed through a joint effort of the AAMGA, NAPSLO, Lefenfeld Consulting, LLC and Hales Group and completed questionnaires and all responses will remain strictly confidential.

The questionnaire will be sent to members and can also be accessed and completed online at the AAMGA website at http://www.aamga.org/documents/categorydetail.cfm?catid=70m 

NEARLY 600 REGISTER FOR 2005 MID-YEAR
Nearly 600 have registered to attend the 2005 NAPSLO Mid-Year Educational Workshop, set for February 17-20 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells, California. Information on the workshop, and registration materials, can be found in the Mid-Year section of the NAPSLO website.

UPCOMING NAPSLO EVENTS
Mid-Year Workshop - February 17-20, 2005 - Indian Wells, California
NAPSLO E&S School - June 25-28, 2005 - St. Louis, Missouri
NAPSLO Annual Convention - September 14-18, 2005 - San Francisco, California

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