Key Katrina/Insurance Documents
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RESEARCH
Consumer Federation/United Policyholders White Paper on Insurance Profits
Consumer Federation Report on Allstate
CFA’s Bob Hunter Testimony on McCarran-Ferguson Repeal
III’s Robert Hartwig Testimony before Rep. Frank’s Financial Services Committee, 2/28/07
AIA Responds to CFA/United Policyholders’ white paper
CFA objects to change in hurricane models
Contingencies: Why Recent Changes to Hurricane Models are Wrong
Swiss Re Natural Catastrophes and Man-Man Disasters, 2005
Cato: A View Against Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson’s anti-trust exemption
Bureau of Justice Statistics — Med Mal Study
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
McIntosh — State Farm Motion to Disqualify Scruggs - Lawyer’s Declaration
McIntosh — State Farm Memorandum to Disqualify Scruggs
McIntosh — State Farm Motion to Disqualify Scruggs
Deposition of MS. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Harrell
Mississippi AG/State Farm Settlement
Scruggs/State Farm - Senter order rejecting settlement
State Farm Brief Asking for MS Settlement Approval
Guice v. State Farm: Response to motion for protective order
Guice v. State Farm: Order Denying Class Certification
Guice v. State Farm: 2nd Denial of Class Action
Oklahoma Contempt Citation vs. State Farm
Oklahoma case: Depo of State Farm CEO Ed Rust
State Farm v. Campbell, U.S. Supreme Court 2003
Weiss v. Unum — 3rd Circuit Rico Claim Upheld
Surge is a Wind Event, L.A. Federal Judge Rules
Audit of Louisiana Citizens, Sept. 2007
Louisiana Recover Authority Insurance Analysis, May 2007
Rep. Taylor Letter to Rep. Frank
Wooley Bill to End ERISA Preemption of Bad-Faith Claims
National Insurance Act of 2006 — for optional federal regulation
HR 920: Taylor Multiple Perils Insurance Act of 2007
Taylor Bill to expand flood program to include wind
MS Atty Gen. Hood Testimony Before Rep. Frank’s Financial Services Cmte, 2/28/07 — Part 1
MS Atty Gen. Hood Testimony Before Rep. Frank’s Financial Services Cmte, 2/28/07 — Part 2
MS Atty Gen. Hood Testimony Before Rep. Frank’s Financial Services Cmte, 2/28/07 — Part 3
MS Atty Gen. Hood Testimony Before Rep. Frank’s Financial Services Cmte, 2/28/07 — Part 4
Rep. Gene Taylor Testimony Before Barney Fank Committee, 2/28/07
COMMENTARY/ACADEMIC WORK/HARD TO FIND NEWS:
Summary of State-Federal Regulation Debate
Anderson/Passannante: “Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity”
Hacker: The Privatization of Risk and the Growing Insecurity of Americans
Insurer lawyer’s analysis of State Farm/Scruggs Settlement
AP story on Oklahoma Tornado Verdict, May 12, 2006
AP: Federal Grand Jury Wants to Study Okla. Case
WSJ Editorial on Mississippi Settlement
1997 WSJ Story on the fall of Big Tobacco