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Jaren Wilkey, BYU
The official BYU Committee on Race, Equity & Belonging issued 26 recommendations on Friday in an effort to root out racism and bring “historic, transformative change” to the Provo, Utah, campus.
The committee’s 63-page report found that “the BYU community has not been immune to the detrimental effects of racism. In ways that have been both individual and systemic, intentional and unintentional, we have seen evidence that the painful sting of racism has diminished the experience and the sense of safety and belonging of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and other people of color) communities at BYU.”
Insurers ‘Coming Together’ To Tackle Diversity And Inclusion Goals
The insurance industry faced a racial reckoning of sorts following the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The Black Lives Matter movement was growing and clashes with police were becoming weekly news items. Following Floyd s death, mass protests erupted across the nation. Big insurers, with an unfortunate racial history of their own, could have laid low and avoided the simmering controversy.
Instead, leading insurance CEOs released an extraordinary statement of support for the Black community. It read, in part:
“We stand committed to sustained partnership in the community to drive solutions to address systemic inequality. And we stand committed to fostering diversity and inclusion for our employees and the workforce.”
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Q&A With David Altmaier, President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Florida’s insurance regulator has a busy year ahead, and it won’t just include overseeing his own state’s insurance market, one of the most dynamic and complicated insurance markets in the world. Rather, for the next year, Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has another job as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the members of which include all state insurance commissioners.
But it’s a job he says he is ready for after serving as president-elect behind former NAIC President and South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer, with whom he has a shared understanding based on leading insurance markets in catastrophe-prone states.
Climate, AI, Privacy, Racial Bias Among State Insurance Regulators’ 2021 Priorities February 10, 2021
The country’s insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and affordability of insurance products for racial minorities.
They say they will also remain active responding to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on consumers and insurance markets.
The state regulators’ organization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), celebrating its 150th anniversary, announced its strategic priorities for 2021.
“This year marks 150 years of NAIC members being unified in their commitment to protect consumers and ensure fair, competitive, and healthy markets,” said NAIC President and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier. “In 2021, we will continue this tradition and find ways