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The impending strike of Tropical Storm Barry on Southeast Louisiana, coming at a moment when the Mississippi River is cresting at heights not seen since 1927, has many fearing a replay of the…
From Brian Gongol Show:
Nike shouldn’t have had to back down from the Betsy Ross shoe, because they never should have made it in the first place. Also, an interview with RJ Lehmann of the R…
From Scientific American:
“The most likely explanation is that you have more people in coastal flood zones, where you get storm surge,” said R.J. Lehmann, director of insurance at the…
The Honorable Maxine Waters
Chairwoman
House Financial Services Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Patrick McHenry
Ranking Member
House Financial Services…
Each time it has been trotted out on the public stage, the Beach House Bailout has died an ignominious death. Leave it to the necromancers on the Tampa Bay Times editorial board to try to raise this…
The nation’s second-largest market for flood insurance may soon join more than a dozen other states in waiving requirements that insureds first search the admitted market before placing a private…
Members of the committee,
I write you on behalf of the R Street Institute in support of H.B. 1306, an act
relating to the provision of flood coverage under insurance policies issued by
surplus…
From ClimateWire:
That received support from the conservative R Street Institute, which advocates for free markets. R.J. Lehmann, the institute’s director of insurance, praised Waters and said…
From Newsday:
One ardent proponent is R.J. Lehmann of the R Street Institute, a Washington-based libertarian think tank. FEMA’s new risk-based model is desperately needed to adapt to climate…
From Government Technology:
Ray Lehmann, director of finance, insurance and trade policy at the R Street Institute, said he is supportive of the approach that FEMA seems to be taking but has…