Florida regulators grilled insurance representatives today over what they were doing to keep their use of consumer credit scores from negatively impacting minority and low income groups.

The questioning came during a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) hearing at which company representatives emphasized that insurance scoring is just one factor they use to evaluate risks.

Consumer advocates, meanwhile, questioned the reliability of such information.

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