Property-casualty trade groups have called on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer to veto a bill that would prohibit using information that a consumer provides in searching for a car or home loan to determine their credit score.

The industry organizations said the bill could distort evaluations.

Assemblyman Adam Bradley, D-White Plains, who introduced the bill, said the legislation was not intended to affect insurers' use of credit scoring as a risk management tool and does not do that.

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