Is a Federal Reinsurance Backstop the Answer to Home Insurance Challenges? March 20, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project has released a proposal for a federal reinsurance backstop called US Re to leverage federal...
APCIA Backs Federal Bill to Require Litigation Funding Disclosure January 13, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The American Property Casualty Insurance Association released a statement in support of federal legislation, up for committee discussion today, that...
Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago January 5, 2026 Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke...
Can a More Unified Front Be Formed Against Legal System Abuse? October 20, 2025 By Chad Hemenway To tell the public what it spends on insurance—an amount largely effected by what it calls legal system abuse—Uber has...
Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue September 23, 2025 By William Rabb In one of the grimmest, longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key...
US Senator Brings Back Idea of Federal Reinsurance Program August 18, 2025 Sen. Adam Schiff recently reintroduced his Incorporating National Support for Unprecedented Risks and Emergencies (INSURE) Act to create a federal...
The Fallout of The Tariff Wave on Auto Parts June 30, 2025 By Greg Horn The full impact of the tariff increases on auto parts is still not completely clear, but we are starting to...
APCIA Says Record Shows ‘Minimal Complaints’ on Hurricane Milton, Helene Claims May 21, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The American Property Casualty Insurance Association chimed in to a recent Senate subcommittee hearing to defend the industry’s response to...
APCIA, IBHS Testify Before Senate Committee on Loss Mitigation May 2, 2025 By Chad Hemenway During a Senate committee hearing focusing on insurance and loss mitigation efforts, industry representatives said that all levels of government...
Court Orders Start to Expose ‘Startling’ Data on Litigation Funding Sources October 8, 2024 By Chad Hemenway There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight...