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CEI Fellow Praises Insurance Information Act
The head of the insurance project at the Competitive Enterprise Institute today praised Rep. Paul Kanjorski’s (D-PA) proposed Insurance Information Act (H.R. 2609). The bill…
Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty is Wrong In His Analysis of HB 1171
Analysts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Tallahassee, today criticized Florida insurance commissioner Kevin McCarty’s…
CEI Responds to McCarty’s Statements on SB 2036
The director of The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s insurance project responded today to Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) head Kevin McCarty’s statements about SB 2036 and…
Blog
How to Stop Another GM: Abolish Pensions
- By: Eli Lehrer
GM, of course, declared bankruptcy today. A number of things—bad management, poor products and screwy labor relations—hurt the company. But in the…
A Wrinkle in the Story of Republic Windows and Doors
- By: Eli Lehrer
I’ve had some fleeting contact with the management of the Republic Windows and Doors plant that striking workers have famously occupied. Working on an…
A Valid Point In Support of Auto Bailouts?
- By: Eli Lehrer
At a meeting I attended a top Ford Executive made an interesting point: Automakers, he said, wanted to avoid bankruptcy because the mere fact of…
Op-Eds/Articles
Catastrophe Fund: Florida System Dangerously Unstable
- By: Eli Lehrer
As September passed by, much of the news here in Florida appears good: Hurricanes have stayed away from U.S. coastlines, the Legislature has passed…
Don’t Drive Away Auto Insurers
- By: Eli Lehrer
In recent weeks, political leaders have vented their anger at Michigan’s auto insurers. State Sen. Martha Scott held a rally at the capital in…
The Mania of Central Planning
- By: Eli Lehrer
Lansing, Mich. Coleman Young II is on a roll. Standing outside of the Michigan legislature’s baronial house chamber, the young politician, scion of…
Studies
Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market to Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
- By: Eli Lehrer
Full Document Available in PDF Foreward by Robert F. Sanchez, Policy Director, The James Madison Institute As Florida faces a…
Principles for Property Mitigation Discounts
- By: Eli Lehrer
Legislators should be wary of efforts to mandate specific mitigation discounts without paying attention to the myriad other factors that can play a major role…
Free Market Strategies for Insurance Reform
- By: Eli Lehrer
Two major proposals to regulate insurance federally have appeared. The first, the National Insurance Consumer Protection Act. The second proposal stems from the Obama administration.
Regulatory Comments
Comments to The Property and Casualty Insurance© Committee
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Comments before the National Conference of Insurance Legislators on the Geller/Keiser Resolution
- By: Eli Lehrer
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,…
Comments to National Association of Insurance Commissioners
- By: Eli Lehrer
Emptying the insurance policy shelves: Why price controls are a bad idea even in insurance markets.