R Street’s insurance policy program explores efficient and effective market-based approaches to public policy questions that involve the transfer of risk. Among its priorities are risk-based insurance regulation, ending environmentally destructive taxpayer subsidies through the National Flood Insurance Program and the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. and exploring the benefits of mitigation through programs like the RESTORE Act and the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
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Presentation to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Feb. 21, 2020.
Think Tank Urges Flood Insurance Program to Stop Enabling Building in High Risk Areas
R.J. Lehmann
From Insurance Journal:
The threat of sea-level rise should force policymakers to rethink policies that encourage development in flood-prone regions. One place to start is with the National Flood…
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California Politicians Double Down on Encouraging People To Live in Wildfire-Prone Areas
R.J. Lehmann
From reason:
Limited in their ability to raise rates, insurance companies have responded by issuing fewer new policies, and renewing fewer old ones in the riskiest areas of the state. That’s…
R Street Institute urges coverage limit on National Flood Insurance
R.J. Lehmann
From CQ RollCall:
R Street, a think tank that promotes free markets, will make the recommendations in a white paper to be published Feb. 20. It provided a copy to CQ Roll Call in advance.
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Dear Member of Congress,
On behalf of the millions of Americans represented by the undersigned organizations, we encourage you to support the recently reintroduced bipartisan Assisting Family…
WASHINGTON (Feb. 20, 2020) – The threat of sea-level rise should force policymakers to rethink policies that encourage development in flood-prone regions, like the National Flood Insurance Program…
These two recommendations offer an important step in what will be an evolving discussion of how to respond to climate change and sea-level rise. Where we can discourage flood-prone land from being…
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
R.J. Lehmann
From Washington Times:
Here’s how the R Street Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank based in Washington that has long been involved in the debate over flood-insurance reform, describes…
New bipartisan flood insurance legislation introduced in the House
R.J. Lehmann
From PropertyCasualty360:
Non-profit public policy group The R Street praised the legislation.
“The Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act would support crucial community-focused…
Our opinion: Imagining a flood-insurance “win-win”
R.J. Lehmann
From Houma Today:
Here’s how the R Street Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank based in Washington that has long been involved in the debate over flood-insurance reform, describes the…