FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NAIC TO PARTICIPATE IN HISPANIC PUBLICATIONS CONVENTION
Arizona Insurance Director Christina Urias to Answer Questions from Hispanic Journalists on Insurance Issues Affecting Hispanics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (April 10, 2007) — As part of a year–long effort to educate Spanish–speaking consumers on insurance issues, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today announced it will be a sponsor of the National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. (NAHP) 2007 Convention and 25th Anniversary, April 11–14 at the Scottsdale Hilton Resort & Villas in Scottsdale, Ariz.  

Arizona Insurance Director Christina Urias will speak with Hispanic journalists from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 13 at the NAIC exhibit booth at the NAHP Exhibit Hall. As a sponsor of the annual Hispanic media convention, the NAIC also will co–host an editorial workshop, entitled Attracting Readers to Consumer Education Issues, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. April 13. NAIC Communications Director Scott Holeman, along with Hispanic journalists from La Opinion, wire service EFE and AARP’s Segunda Juventud, will contribute to the workshop.

“We proudly support the NAHP as it celebrates its 25th Anniversary and convenes its 2007 Convention,” Urias said. “We look forward to sharing information on the important steps Hispanic consumers can take to better understand insurance issues and protect themselves from fraudulent insurance practices.”

To better educate insurance consumers, the NAIC launched a Spanish–language version of Insure U, an education–based consumer Web site, in February 2007. The site, http://www.insureuonline.org/espanol/, is organized by life stage to help Hispanic consumers get smart about insurance and better understand their evolving insurance needs.

The public education effort includes a new Spanish–language television and radio public service announcement (PSA), similar to the NAIC’s currently running English–language PSA,offered to educate the public on how to avoid becoming a victim of fake insurance company scams.

Who:  Christina Urias, Arizona Director of Insurance
Scott Holeman, NAIC Communications Director

What: NAHP 2007 Convention and 25th Anniversary

When: April 11–14, 2007

Where: Scottsdale Hilton Resort & Villas, Scottsdale, Ariz.

                                
About the NAHP, Inc.

The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. (NAHP, Inc) is the largest organization representing Hispanic publications at the national level. NAHP Inc. works with 150 member and affiliate publications that share a combined circulation of more than 10 million. Its member publications and affiliated media associates reach more than 50 percent of Hispanic households throughout the U.S. on a weekly basis. NAHP, Inc. provides professional tools to assist Hispanic publications to more effectively reach their readership. The NAHP Inc. works hard at keeping the Hispanic community informed and educated about social issues, updating its readers about member publications, providing technical assistance and improving the quality of Hispanic publications at the national level. For more information, visit www.nahp.org.

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 the 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: http://www.naic.org/press_home.htm.

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