Topic: Privacy/Data Security/Cyber Risk

NAIC Cybersecurity Working Group Adds Cyber Coverage to its Focus

Over the last few years, the work of the Cybersecurity (H) Working Group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has focused on cybersecurity risk to insurance licensees such as insurance carriers, insurance intermediaries, and third-party service providers to insurance licensees. This year the working group’s work will consist of two parallel tracks: the traditional cybersecurity risk, and a new emphasis on cyber insurance coverage. In her discussion of proposed topics for the 2024 work plan, the Chair highlighted cyber coverage questions specific to ransomware, D&O, and whether or not cyber insurance products are providing the coverage that policyholders expect.

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NAIC H Committee Pre-Fall National Meeting

This coming Friday the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group, the Privacy ‎Protections (H) Working Group, and the Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) ‎Committee will all meet as part of the Fall National Meeting of the National Association of ‎Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) in Orlando, Florida. Data use, data retention, and artificial ‎intelligence (“AI”) will be the big topics at the Fall National Meeting. Other H Committee ‎affiliated working groups will not be meeting at the Fall National Meeting; however, those ‎working groups met earlier over the fall and are moving their workstreams forward.‎

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Colorado Proposes Guidance Bulletins for Life Algorithms & Predictive ‎Models Regulation

On November 20, 2023, the Division of Insurance of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (“DORA”), published for a 9 day public comment period two proposed bulletins which would provide clarifying guidance on the implementation of Colorado Insurance Regulation 10-1-1: Governance of Risk Management Framework Requirements for Life Insurer’s Use of External Consumer Data and Information Sources, Algorithms, and Predictive Models, which was adopted in September 2023 pursuant to SB21-169.

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NAIC’s Work on Privacy Model Grinds On

The NAIC’s Privacy Protections (H) Working Group met over the weekend as part of the NAIC’s Summer National Meeting. The working group announced that later in the year it will seek an extension on its efforts to create a unified privacy model act (#674) which will likely push back final adoption into sometime next year. Multiple states have publicly announced that they will not support the current proposed Version 1.2, and at least one state referred to it as fundamentally flawed. The opposed states do not want to move forward with the current version. The Chair announced that the working group will continue to receive public comments while it digests comments previously received and continues the direct one-on-one outreach to companies and trades.

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NAIC Picking Up Steam as it Drafts New Privacy Model

Since the NAIC Spring National Meeting in late March, the Privacy Protections (H) Working Group has continued its work to draft a new unitary privacy model. Over April, the Working Group met one-on-one with industry and interested parties. Since then, the Working Group met twice to receive public comments on discrete topics. The Working Group will ratchet up that level of activity with two full days of in-person public drafting sessions, starting this week. The Working Group plans to circulate a new full draft by the end of the month followed by three more meetings to receive public comments before the Summer National Meeting in August.

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NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group Moves Forward to Revise Consumer Privacy ‎‎Protections Model Act

The NAIC is developing a new Consumer Privacy Protections Model Act (# 674) which will ‎replace the preexisting Insurance Information & Privacy Protection Model Act (# 670) and ‎Privacy of Consumer Financial & Health Information Regulation (# 672).‎ ‎ The Working Group ‎exposed its first draft on January 31 for a 60-day public comment period which closes April 3. ‎Yesterday at the NAIC Spring National Meeting, the Working Group adopted a work plan which ‎lays out a detailed schedule across the spring and summer for regulatory only meetings, ‎consultations with industry, and open sessions, including public comment periods and final ‎approval at the Fall National Meeting in December. ‎

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