Policy Studies Insurance

2012 Insurance Regulation Report Card

Author

R.J. Lehmann
Former Director, Finance, Insurance & Trade; Former Resident Senior Fellow

Summary

A state-by-state study of the U.S. insurance regulatory system, examining which states are doing the best job of regulating insurance through limited, effective and efficient government. Authored by R Street Public Affairs Director R.J. Lehmann, the report card measures states on 14 objective variables, including the concentration of home and auto insurance markets and relative size of residual markets; the effectiveness of state solvency and fraud regulation; the transparency and politicization of insurance regulation; the tax and fee burden placed on insurance markets and the proportion of fees used to support insurance regulation; and the relative freedom granted to insurers to set risk-based rates, including through the use of credit and territorial information.

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