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North Dakota Senate Kills Bill to Ban Credit Scoring in Insurance

February 9, 2009

The North Dakota Senate last week killed legislation (SB 2330) that would have banned insurers from using credit information in underwriting and rating.

On Feb. 2, the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee voted do not pass on SB 2330 and later last week the full Senate agreed with the committee’s recommendation and voted 29 – 16 to defeat the proposal.

The measure was strongly opposed by insurance companies including members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).

“The North Dakota Senate today did consumers a huge favor by defeating this bill as most consumers in the state either benefit from or are otherwise unaffected by the use of credit when they purchase insurance,” said Alex Hageli, manager of personal lines for PCI.

Source: PCI

Topics Politics

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  • February 9, 2009 at 3:33 am
    Ray says:
    This is what I have seen also - the bleeding hearts don't go for facts, just assumptions. You don't have to be rich to have a good credit score, just responsible. Twenty years... read more
  • February 9, 2009 at 2:58 am
    caffiend says:
    When it comes to the use of credit scoring with auto insurance, I have never seen someone's policy premium INCREASE. From my observations the companies first quote the policy ... read more
  • February 9, 2009 at 2:00 am
    tom says:
    As a owner auto insurance offices in 3 west coast states, credit only benefits the ins. carriers. specializing in this business for the last 25 years, this allows the companie... read more

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