Trump’s attack on FEMA could hit insurers

Jerry Thordorou, director of the finance, trade and insurance programme at the R Street Institute, a conservative think tank, says [FEMA] could benefit from reforms. The organisation could do a better job coordinating local and state emergency management efforts, for example.

However, the institute opposes abolishing [FEMA]. “To use a health analogy, if the patient is sick, you should try to cure, not kill, the patient. We support [FEMA] providing more value in the context of limited, effective government and a preference for free market solutions,” he says.