FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HOUSTON (Dec. 1, 2007) — The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has selected the Central Texas Armed Services YMCA as the official charity for its 2007 Winter National Meeting.

The choice concludes a year-long focus on supporting the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families, as well as those families who have lost loved ones who were fighting to protect our country.

“The Armed Services YMCA reaches out in many different ways to care for and support our troops,” said NAIC President and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell. “It is important that we let them know how much we appreciate all they are doing to protect the freedom of this country.”

The Central Texas Armed Services YMCA began with the simple idea that programs for youth and adults should be available in the community. Since then, the Armed Services YMCA has continued to play a major role in supporting military personnel and their families by:

• Providing financial assistance to soldiers and their family members for childcare and memberships to their youth and teen centers.
• Assisting military family members with funding to send care packages to their solider(s) in combat.
• Providing funds to sponsor morale, welfare and recreational activities (such as monthly picnics, barbeques and parties) for military family members during the deployment of their soldier(s).

Since 2003, the NAIC has worked with charitable organizations in each of the cities where its quarterly national meetings are held so that it can give back to the communities that graciously host the NAIC and its members.

About the NAIC

Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is a voluntary organization of the chief insurance regulatory officials of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. The NAIC’s overriding objective is to assist state insurance regulators in protecting consumers and helping maintain the financial stability of the insurance industry by offering financial, actuarial, legal, computer, research, market conduct and economic expertise. Formed in 1871, the NAIC is the oldest association of state officials. For more than 135 years, state-based insurance supervision has served the needs of consumers, industry and the business of insurance at-large by ensuring hands-on, frontline protection for consumers, while providing insurers the uniform platforms and coordinated systems they need to compete effectively in an ever-changing marketplace. For more information, visit NAIC on the Web at www.naic.org/press_home.htm.

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