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

Gale Force Foolishness: Congress pushes for a federal windstorm insurance program.
By Eli Lehrer, September 24, 2008

Be wary of insurance rate cut
By Eli Lehrer, September 19, 2008

Soggy, slow-moving Fay offers lessons
By Eli Lehrer, August 27, 2008

Congress Should Develop Smart, Cost-Effective Natural Catastrophe Policy
By Eli Lehrer, August 26, 2008

Billionaires won’t keep Florida from fiscal disaster
By Eli Lehrer, August 9, 2008

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recent studies

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

North Carolina’s Unfair Auto Insurance System
By Eli Lehrer, July 29, 2008

Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program after 35 Years of Failure
By Eli Lehrer, July 24, 2008