PIA National Executive Vice President & CEO Len Brevik will participate in an industry panel on optional federal charters, held on Saturday July 22 during the summer meeting of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) in Boston.

The NCOIL OFC Panel:

“OPTIONAL FEDERAL CHARTER: SERVING CONSUMERS OR GRATIFYING
INDUSTRY?”
July 22, 2006  9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Boston, Mass.

Panel Participants:
Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.), co-sponsor of S. 2509 (Invited)
Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa, Maine Bureau of Insurance & President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Neil Alldredge, Senior Director for State Advocacy, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
Wes Bissett, Senior Vice President of Government Affair and State Relations, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Leonard C. Brevik, Executive Vice President, National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National)
Gary Hughes, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI)
J. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, Consumer Federation of America
J. Kevin A. McKechnie, Chairman, Optional Federal Charter Coalition & Associate Director, American Bankers Insurance Association
Gregory D. Wren, Wren and Associates, representing coalition opposed to a federal regulator
Stef Zielezienski, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Insurance Association (AIA)

July 18, 2006