"The bad news is that there is a whole new world of [privacy] compliance and you have to figure out the rules," said attorney Scott Sinder in a recent panel discussion. "The worse news is that it's only the beginning."

Mr. Sinder, a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, reflected the views of his fellow insurance experts on the topic "Privacy: The Raging Consumer Issue."

The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society and the Insurance Institute of Canada's Chartered Insurance Professional Society presented wide-ranging discussions on notice issues and the practicalities of implementing privacy mandates in a live satellite broadcast from Washington, D.C. recently.