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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS ORLANDO, Fla. (March 29, 2008) — The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has selected the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Florida as the official charity for its 2008 Spring National Meeting. This selection kicks off the NAIC’s year-long charitable initiative to support organizations that help those whose lives are touched by mental illness. “As a public official for more than two decades, I’ve seen what can happen to people, to healthcare, to tax dollars, to society and to quality of life when the mentally ill do not have access to appropriate care,” said NAIC President and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger. “Mental illness affects one in five families in America. Organizations like NAMI Florida help bridge the gap between misunderstanding and compassion.” Based in Tallahassee, NAMI Florida is a non-profit organization that works in conjunction with the other NAMI chapters across the nation — more than 1,100 chapters in all. NAMI Florida strives to eradicate the stigmas and stereotypes commonly attributed to mental illness. It offers support groups and educational sessions, in raises money for research and treatment. For more information about NAMI Florida, visit www.namifl.org. The NAIC’s charitable program began in 2003. It benefits local, non-profit charitable organizations in the cities where its quarterly national meetings are held.
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 at www.naic.org/press_home.htm.
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