Flood Insurance and the Phantom Real Estate Crash January 31, 2014 By R.J. Lehmann To hear proponents tell the tale, the reason the U.S. Senate voted yesterday to gut reforms to the National Flood...
Noonan: Insurers Can Cover Terrorism Privately November 4, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann A poll released last week by the Risk and Insurance Management Society — the trade association for risk managers of...
About Those ‘Huge’ Flood Insurance Rate Increases November 4, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann Recent news reports on the roll-out of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program have focused on astronomical increases in...
TRIA: To Extend or Not to Extend September 11, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann Just in time for the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, our friends at the Cato Institute have...
North Carolina Consumers Confronted with ‘Consent to Rate’ August 22, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann WFMY-TV in Greensboro, N.C. reports on a common problem facing North Carolina consumers: the arrival of letters from one’s home...
When It Comes to Flood Risks, Population Shifts Trump Climate Change August 22, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann Draft versions of a forthcoming working group report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — set to...
Gov. Scott Asks Congressman to Oppose Protectionist Reinsurance Tax July 24, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann Florida Gov. Rick Scott is taking a firm stance against proposals floated in Congress and by the White House that...
What’s Really Going on with Flood Rates? FEMA Provides Some Clarity July 17, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann In recent months, a group of lawmakers from the Gulf Coast — led by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. — in...
Whom Does the Beach House Bailout Benefit? Hedge Funds, Venezuelan Expats, Russian Oligarchs June 13, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann With Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., expected any day now to reintroduce his proposal to have federal taxpayers backstop the risk...
The Myopia of Insurance Regulation June 12, 2013 By R.J. Lehmann Mary Williams Walsh of The New York Times‘ DealBook blog has an interesting post today on New York regulators’ expansive...