Wondering what brokers might be "trying to hide" from their clients, the New York Insurance Department expressed "disappointment" at the decision by two producer groups to file suit last week to stop implementation of a compensation disclosure regulation.

The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York and the Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York filed a joint legal action on May 24 to prevent the department from implementing its producer compensation disclosure rule.

The groups said they filed the action in New York State Supreme Court in Albany to stop what they characterized as "a burdensome and confusing regulation…"

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