Eli Lehrer

Senior Fellow

Eli Lehrer is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute where he directs CEI's studies of insurance and credit markets. Prior to joining CEI, Lehrer worked as speechwriter to United States Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.).

He has previously worked as a manager in the Unisys Corporation's Homeland Security Practice, Senior Editor of The American Enterprise magazine, and as a fellow for the Heritage Foundation. He has spoken at Yale and George Washington Universities. He holds a B.A. (Cum Laude) from Cornell University and a M.A. (with honors) from The Johns Hopkins University where his Master’s thesis focused on the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Flood Insurance.

His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, National Review, The Public Interest, Salon.com, and dozens of other publications. Lehrer lives in Oak Hill, Virginia with his wife Kari and son Andrew.

recent op-eds & articles

Time to shore up the Beach Plan
By Eli Lehrer, December 18, 2008

Natural Poet: Environmental lyrics are more appealing than political verse
By Eli Lehrer, November 17, 2008

Another Housing Crisis Brewing
By Eli Lehrer, November 16, 2008

Another housing crisis brewing
By Eli Lehrer, November 16, 2008

Bush Should Keep Promise To Stop New Regs
By Eli Lehrer, November 12, 2008

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recent studies

Catastrophe Funds and Reinsurance
By Eli Lehrer, November 13, 2008

How EESA Might Impact Property and Casualty Insurance
By Eli Lehrer, October 15, 2008

Facts About the AIG Collapse: A Response to the NAIC
By Eli Lehrer, September 26, 2008

Exploring Wind Insurance as a Pilot Program
By Eli Lehrer, September 10, 2008