Insurance Shows That Federalism Works December 12, 2013 By Alan Smith Fifty-four years ago, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations was established by statute to examine the best or most logical...
Another Reason to Defend the Fraternal Tax Exemption November 18, 2013 By Eli Lehrer The Roman politician, general and renowned orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, once wrote that “custom is the best interpreter of the...
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...
UK Market Offers Hints on How Insurers May Treat E-Cigarettes October 29, 2013 By Eli Lehrer For several years now now, a lot of people involved with insurance—me included —have been puzzling out the ways that...
‘Moral Hazard’ Isn’t a Good Reason to End TRIA October 23, 2013 By Eli Lehrer My friend Mark Calabria at the Cato Institute has a good piece in Roll Call that makes the case for...
Bill Would Take the Florida Cat Fund in the Wrong Direction October 3, 2013 By Christian Cámara Florida state Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Margate, has filed Senate Bill 228 to maintain the current statutory requirement that the state-run...
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...