Environmental Risk Management

CEI Expands Insurance Project in Florida

Richard Morrison — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:31:45 -0800

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is expanding its existing project on insurance regulation and has hired Christian Cámara, a former state legislative aide, to serve as director of its new Florida office. The new Office will be located in Tallahassee, Florida and focus on important insurance issues throughout the Southeast. Policy Analyst Michelle Minton will oversee the efforts of the new office as part of CEI’s Center for Risk, Regulation, and Markets. Senior Fellow Eli Lehrer will continue to oversee CEI’s overall work on insurance and credit markets.

CEI's disaster insurance conference

Richard Morrison — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:12:35 -0700

CEI & South Carolina Department of Insurance Host Major Conference

Richard Morrison — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:35:37 -0700

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank often skeptical of government action, is joining with the South Carolina Department of Insurance to host a major conference on catastrophic risk.

Exploring Wind Insurance as a Pilot Program

Eli Lehrer — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

A pilot federal program could cost taxpayers more than a larger program while destabilizing the National Flood Insurance Program

CEI Praises National Wildlife Federation Report

Richard Morrison — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:24:04 -0700

A Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market group critical of many of the environmental movements’ views on global warming, today endorsed policy prescriptions in a report from the National Wildlife Federation.

Swimming in Subsidies: The National Flood Insurance Program must dry up.

Eli Lehrer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Bailing out homeowners

Eli Lehrer — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

A Financial Disaster Waiting to Happen

Eli Lehrer — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:01:26 -0700

Florida's state government easily could end up bankrupt this year unless the Legislature and Gov. Charlie Crist change the state's homeowners' insurance laws.

Coalition of Free Market Groups Speaks out against Subsidized Wind Insurance

Richard Morrison — Tue, 6 May 2008 18:59:49 -0700

A coalition of free market groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is urging members of the Senate to oppose an expansion of federal insurance subsidies.

National Flood Insurance Program

Cord Blomquist — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:57:29 -0700