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Although the insurance industry is simple in concept—the premiums of many pay for the losses of a few—it is overrun with reporting, compliance, and regulatory challenges that limit consumer choice. Specifically, the team focuses on policy recommendations around risk-based insurance regulation, taxpayer subsidies, and the benefits of mitigation. Similarly, the Finance, Insurance, and Trade team explores government oversight and expansion into the financial sector, with particular focus on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as corporate governance and tort reform. The team also advocates for sensible food and beverage policies that balance consumer demands with public safety, along with labor and occupational licensing laws that facilitate economic growth and curtail unnecessary economic government barriers to employment. Sign up for updates here.

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Explainers Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Corporate Governance, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees, Regulatory Reform

Financial Regulation Under the Trump Administration

Caroline Melear Jan 31, 2025
Analysis Banking, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform

Trump talks debanking in Davos. What is it, and what role does government play?

Caroline Melear Jan 28, 2025
Analysis Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Governance, Interchange Fees, Regulatory Reform

Populism or Deregulation? What to Expect from Trump’s Financial Regulatory Agenda

Caroline Melear Jan 27, 2025
Analysis Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Housing Finance, Systemic Risk

Presidential Politics, the CFPB, and FHFA

Nicholas Thielman Jan 20, 2025
Op-Eds Banking, Finance and Trade, Housing Finance

Soaring commercial vacancy rates are looming threat to economy

Marc Hyden March 11, 2024 The Newnan Times-Herald
Analysis Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Testifies in Front of the House and Senate

Caroline Melear June 26, 2023
Coalition Letters, Letters Banking, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade

R Street Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition to Enhanced Deposit Insurance

Jerry Theodorou April 7, 2023
Coalition Letters Banking, Credit Unions, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees

Coalition Opposes Credit Card Competition Act

Eli Lehrer Aug 22, 2022
Op-Eds Banking, Central Banking/Federal Reserve, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, FinTech, Housing Finance, Systemic Risk

Seven Possible Causes of the Next Financial Crisis

Alex J. Pollock Sept 13, 2021 Law & Liberty
Op-Eds Banking, Finance and Trade, Financial History

The Rise (and Fall) of the Modern Bank of England

Alex J. Pollock Aug 23, 2021 Law & Liberty

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