South Central regulation report card: Texas’ grade rises, Arkansas’ drops

No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a conservative-leaning research organization that annually assesses the effectiveness states’ insurance regulatory systems.

Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas by R Street Institute’s 2016 Insurance Regulation Report Card range from B- to D.

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