"The issue of Holocaust-era insurance policies was the subject of a U.S.-sponsored September 1998 seminar in Prague, in preparation for the Conference on Holocaust Assets held in Washington in November 1998. In the September seminar, the State Department brought together representatives from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, major insurance companies active in the region before the war, the U.S. National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and other interested groups. While Czech authorities believe that many assets of Holocaust victims, including insurance policies, were looted by the Nazi regime when the Government was under "Protectorate" status prior to being nationalized after World War II, they are continuing archival research and have held several meetings with NAIC representatives in connection with the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. The Government has observer status on the commission."