WASHINGTON--State lawmakers opposed to the creation of a federal Office of Insurance Information are seeking support from other state government branches, asking governors and state attorneys general to add their voices against federal OII legislation.

"NCOIL does not believe that you or other involved state officials would support a bill that would likely override state insurance laws and their related consumer protections while impacting the healthy insurance marketplace that states have built, as well as potentially lead down the dangerous path to the creation of a federal insurance regulator," the group's officers wrote in a letter sent to the governors and attorneys general of all 50 states.

The letter was written in response to the Insurance Information Act, or HR 5840, which was introduced by Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Penn., chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.