A committee of the Washington Legislature has approved a measure creating an antifraud unit in the state insurance commissioner's office after reaching a deal over secrecy of insurers' data.
A last minute amendment, crafted to assuage concerns expressed by plaintiffs' lawyers and the state's news media, allows only information submitted to the antifraud bureau, rather than the insurance department as a whole, to be protected.
Kenton Brine, Northwest regional manager for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, said the language inserted into the bill was based on similar provisions elsewhere in the state's laws.
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