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Bush rushes through ‘harmful’ environment laws
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Green, Free-Market Groups Decry ‘Midnight Regs’
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In Bush’s end-game, lots of changes on environment
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Letter to President Bush on Midnight Regulations
October 31, 2008 The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr.
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Hartford’s Airport Expansions: A Harbinger of Doom?
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Coalition Letter on the Finalization of Rules Relating to UIGEA
Full Document Avalible in PDF Dear Ms. Dudley: We are deeply concerned about the regulations you have received from Treasury concerning the…
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Property insurance gamble: Florida Risks its Fiscal Future on a Quiet Hurricane Season
One simple fact ought to dominate every discussion of Florida’s homeowners’ insurance system: Were a single storm to hit the wrong area, it would literally…
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Florida, Nation Need Federal Insurance Regulator
Much of the turmoil in America’s financial markets involves exotic investments that most Americans never have heard of and never will get near. However, with…
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How EESA Might Impact Property and Casualty Insurance
Full Document Available in PDF This paper explores the ways…
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Proprietary Products Boost NAIC Budget’s Bottom Line
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SC Insurance Reforms
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Let’s Eliminate PMI-As-We-Know-It
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Bailout drama fuels debate on regulation of insurance
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NAIC oversight of AIG
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Facts About the AIG Collapse: A Response to the NAIC
Full Document Available in PDF Following the collapse…
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Gale Force Foolishness: Congress pushes for a federal windstorm insurance program.
AS CONGRESS WINDS down its current session, there’s little doubt that plenty of bad ideas will pop out of the woodwork as members…
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Be wary of insurance rate cut
Although it may seem like an early New Year’s present, North Carolina drivers have every reason to be wary of the 16.1 percent…
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Comments to The Property and Casualty Insurance© Committee
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NFIP Needs Renewal. . .But
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Letter On UIGEA to House Financial Services Committee Members
Attention: House Financial Services Committee LA September 15, 2008 Dear Representative: As the House Financial Services Committee moves towards consideration of…
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Exploring Wind Insurance as a Pilot Program
A pilot federal program could cost taxpayers more than a larger program while destabilizing the National Flood Insurance Program…
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Worst Ever Reason to Support Affordable Energy
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Soggy, slow-moving Fay offers lessons
Paying for insurance The Aug. 22 editorial, “Soggy, slow-moving Fay offers lessons,” contains a lot of common sense, but your call…
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Congress Should Develop Smart, Cost-Effective Natural Catastrophe Policy
Although it’s cold comfort to Florida residents dealing with the massive flooding that has resulted from Tropical Storm Fay, the slow moving…
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Credit Card Bill Unlikely to Dent Bankers’ Prospects
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Congress Should Develop Smart, Cost-Effective Natural Catastrophe Policy
Although it’s cold comfort to Florida residents dealing with the massive flooding that has resulted from Tropical Storm Fay, the slow moving…
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NC Auto insurance industry
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Billionaires won’t keep Florida from fiscal disaster
On July 29, Florida’s State Board of Administration voted to spend $224 million in return for a billionaire’s pledge. Warren Buffett, the…
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Flood Control Subsidies Soak the Treasury
Since the first comprehensive flood control legislation went into effect the early 20th century, America’s federal government has fought a never-ending battle to control floods.
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Barney’s Big Idea
A few powerful members of Congress have got it in their heads that it would be a good idea to shake up…
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N.C. Auto Insurance System Needs Reform
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New report calls for changes to rate-making process for N.C. auto insurance
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North Carolina’s Unfair Auto Insurance System
North Carolina’s government-controlled auto insurance subsidizes risky and dangerous drivers by overcharging good driver…
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Report calls for privatizing many aspects of flood insurance, but not in New Orleans
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Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program after 35 Years of Failure
It is time to rethink a federal program that has caused much harm.
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The Federal Government’s Intrusion Into Gambler’s Lives
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The Federal Government Should Leave Gamblers Alone
Why the Market Can Best Discipline Online Gambling…
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EU Delegation to Question US Officials over Online Gambling Stance
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EU Challenging US Online Gambling Legislation
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Let Fannie and Freddie Go Broke
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The Risks of Gambling Regulation
When trade emissaries from the European Union arrive in Washington later this month to talk to officials in Congress, the Justice Department, and…
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Comments before the National Conference of Insurance Legislators on the Geller/Keiser Resolution
Comments before the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Geller/Keiser Resolution As Prepared for Delivery July10, 2008 New York, New York Eli Lehrer Senior Fellow,…
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It’s time to tune up N.C.’s system
North Carolina's insurance system is headed down the wrong path, Eli Lehrer explains why and how to reform it.
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Swimming in Subsidies: The National Flood Insurance Program must dry up.
Already, the news of the massive flooding in the Midwest has disappeared from most newspaper front pages. And, indeed, the worst…
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Letter to Congress on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act
Eli Lehrer and Michelle Minton join Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, to oppose new gaming regulation.
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Buy Amway Products, Get Drink, Play Pool. And They Take Away Your Credit Cards.
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Bailing out homeowners
Your June 16 editorial “Tornado warning” is absolutely correct to point out that “every part of the country has its risks.” But these…
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Optional Federal Charter for Insurers
An optional federal charter for insurers would help consumers by creating competition between regulators.
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Why Democrats Often Deregulate
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Toward a National Market for Insurance
A small step to liberalizing property and casualty insurance…