Blog Post
June 18, 2013
Private reinsurers ready to take on Florida risk: Tampa Tribune Study debunks bank claims about credit union tax advantages: Northwest Credit Union Association Still not clear when/if House will take up Internet sales tax: MarketWatch Sen. Baucus sees “creeping” interest on a carbon tax: The Hill Rep. DeSantis says he wouldn’t necessarily vote for disaster [...]
Blog Post
June 17, 2013
Eric Cantor schedules Farm Bill vote this week: The Hill House Republicans need to insist on the right Farm Bill: Daily Caller Senate Finance Committee includes credit union tax exemption among items to consider: Credit Union Times Colorado wildfires need not be the “new normal”: New York Times The Marketplace Fairness Act would be a [...]
News Release
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (June 14, 2013) – New projections from the Federal Emergency Management Agency showing a long-term increase in flood risks across the country underscore that Congress must not roll back badly needed reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program, the R Street Institute said today. According to FEMA, a combination of climate change and population [...]
Blog Post
June 14, 2013
FEMA report shows climate change could increase flood risk 45 percent: Mother Jones NAIC president sees no need for moratorium on captive life reinsurers: Wall Street Journal Gov. Perry won’t add TWIA bill to Texas special session: Associated Press Mortgage refinancings slowing as rate rise: Wall Street Journal Federal Insurance Office report on regulation coming [...]
Blog Post
June 13, 2013
Eli Lehrer of R-Street at Duke University from Energy & Enterprise Initiative on Vimeo.
Blog Post
June 13, 2013
With Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., expected any day now to reintroduce his proposal to have federal taxpayers backstop the risk of state catastrophe funds, it bears examining just who it is that would benefit from the cheaper property insurance rates his legislation promises. Proponents of the legislation have floated a study suggesting it would save [...]
Blog Post
June 13, 2013
Federal Insurance Office releases its first-ever annual report: U.S. Treasury Department Speaker Boehner says he will vote for the Farm Bill, after all: The Hill AEI’s Vince Smith on why the Farm Bill’s purported savings are “fake”: American Boondoggle Florida Citizens CEO notes the threat of assessments is very real: Palm Beach Post Risk managers [...]
Blog Post
June 12, 2013
Mary Williams Walsh of The New York Times’ DealBook blog has an interesting post today on New York regulators’ expansive investigation of captive reinsurance transactions by life insurers, and the extent to which the practice is gaming state regulators’ vaunted risk-based capital regime. The charge from New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky is [...]
Blog Post
June 12, 2013
“Wean the agriculture industry off of welfare.”: Chicago Tribune Speaker Boehner could pull Farm Bill from House schedule: The Hill Gov. Scott launches nationwide search for inspector-general of Florida Citizens: Orlando Sentinel Overstock.com resumes advertising in Missouri after veto of affiliate nexus bill: Overstock.com FIO director to testify at June 13 hearing on representing U.S. [...]
News Release
June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (June 11, 2013) -– The R Street Institute today joined a coalition of nearly 100 technology firms and civil liberties organizations who are calling on Congress to investigate domestic spying by the National Security Agency and other federal agencies. Spurred by recent revelations that the NSA has been conducting a massive, secretive surveillance campaign [...]
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