DISB Marks September as Life Insurance Awareness Month With Month-Long Activities - Releases

Thursday, September 7, from 10 am to 3 pm, DISB will have a table at the DC Office on Aging’s ElderFest at Freedom Plaza, between 13th and 14th Streets and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. It will provide tidbits on life insurance, including long-term care insurance information for seniors and empty-nesters.
Saturday, September 9 to Sunday, September 10, from 12 pm to 8 pm, the National Council of Negro Women, National Black Family Reunion, 15th Street at Constitution Avenue, NW. Although DISB does not have a table, staff will hand out information on all life stages.
Friday, September 15, 2006, from 12:30 pm, DISB will join DCIF, ACLI and NAIFA-Greater Washington Area in celebrating the Life Insurance Awareness Month campaign with a proclamation from Mayor Anthony Williams at a press conference at 101 Constitution Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, luncheon starts at 12:30 pm; the program starts at 1 p.m. Testimonial stories from District residents.
Once a week, DISB will send out information and tips on life insurance for different life stages. DISB will use various methods to ask District residents to consider, and to prepare for, “What if.” The agency will continue to have media appearances to discuss life insurance. DISB staff will attend various District events to give information on life insurance in select areas in the District of Columbia.

For Life Insurance Awareness Month, DISB is launching Insure U, the national public education campaign on insurance issues, on a local scale. Developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), of which DISB is a member, Insure U has two objectives: to help consumers get smart about insurance as their life stage needs change, and to educate them about ways to avoid being scammed by fake insurance companies. The program includes an online education site, public service announcements in English and Spanish and community educational presentations. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, NAIC is a voluntary organization of the chief insurance regulatory officials of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five US territories. The NAIC’s overriding objective is to assist state insurance regulators in protecting consumers and helping maintain the financial stability of the insurance industry by offering financial, actuarial, legal, computer, research, market conduct and economic expertise.