LD-2 Disclosure Form

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

ALLIANZ OF AMERICA CORPORATION/FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE

2. Address

Address1

1101 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW, #950

Address2

Suite 950

City

WASHINGTON

State

Zip Code

20036

Country

USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City

State

Zip Code

Country

4a. Contact Name		b. Telephone Number	c. E-mail
Ms.	LINDA BILES	2027853575	linda.biles@azoac.com

5. Senate ID#

14611-12

7. Client Name	Self	Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
ALLIANZ OF AMERICA CORPORATION/FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE

6. House ID#

333770000

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

Optional Federal Charter: Advocate in support of H.R. 3200 and S. 40, both titled "The National Insurance Act of 2007". These bills would create an optional federal charter for insurance.
Long Term Care Insurance: Advocate in support of HR 3363 and S.2337, both titled the " the Long-term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007." These bills would allow long-term care insurance to be offered in employer-sponsered cafeteria plans
cont.
flexible spending arrangements.

Annutities/Suitability: Followed the drafting and then the introduction of S.2794, the "Senior Investor Protection Act of 2008", a bill which would hold insurance and securities companies liable for any potential mis-selling of their products by agents and brokers. The bill also requires discloures of fees, costs, and commissions. Also contacted Senate staff on the anuuities suitablity issues, separate from the introduction of the bill

Holocaust insurance issues/ICHEIC: Lobbied against a bill introduced in the House, H.R. 1746, the "Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007", which would create a new cause of action against U.S. insurance companies with European affiliates that may have written life insurance policies involving Holocaust victims. The bill would allso require any European insurer with policies written between 1900 and 1945 that may have involved holocause victims to disclose all files on the policies, including names, to the U.S.

Credit-based insurance scores: Lobbied against a bill introduced in the House, H.R. 5733, the "Nondiscriminatory Use of Consumer Reports and Consumer Information Act of 2008", which would restrict the ability of personal lines insurers to use credit information for underwriting or setting rates.

Bond insurance: Follow issue, including attending hearings, which is how the subprime crisis has affected the bond insurance industry and the municipal securities they insure.

Medicare secondary payer/workers compensation: Follow issue, including trade association efforts to meet with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency at the Department of Health and Human Serivces. CMS is working on guidance/rules on this issue and insurance trade associations are weighing in.

McCarran-Ferguson Reform: Follow and oppose two bills, S. 618 aand H.R. 1081, the Insurance Industry competition Act, which would repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which provides insurers a limited exemption from federal antitrust law.

Broker licensing: Followed introduction of bill, H.R. 5611, the National Association of Registered Agets and Brokers Reform Act. This bill, which is generally opposed by trade groups we belong to, would create a self regulating organization for insurance producers.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, Risk Management Agency