Heartland Newspapers - Insurance and Finance

Fed’s Policies Expose Mainstream Economic Fallacies

Frank Shostak
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February 22, 2013
At the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in San Diego (January 4-6, 2013), Harvard professor of economics Benjamin Friedman said, “The standard models we teach … simply have no ro

Report: Consumer Choice Key to Michigan Auto Insurance Reform

R Street Institute
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February 21, 2013
With no-fault auto insurance premiums that are among the highest in the nation, Michigan lawmakers should act to grant consumers more choice and to control the sky-rocketing cost of medical claims,

Private Insurer Assumes $30 Billion of Risk from Florida’s State-Run Insurer

Matthew Glans
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February 20, 2013
The Board of Governors of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has voted to transfer $30 billion of hurricane exposure from the state-run insurer to Florida-based Weston Insurance Co.

One Reason Dollars Ain’t Worth What They Used to Be

Lawrence W. Reed
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February 19, 2013
 

Incriminating Emails, ‘Smell of Payback’ in Feds’ Lawsuit Against S&P

Steve Stanek
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February 18, 2013
Standard & Poor’s is the only credit rating agency to have downgraded U.S.

Monetary War: The Latest Version of Protectionism

Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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February 15, 2013
French president Francois Hollande’s statement that the euro should not fluctuate according to the mood of the market; the complaint by Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker about the euro being

CFPB Wants to Know Impact of College-Marketed Financial Products

Bill Hardekopf
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February 11, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching an inquiry into the impact of financial products marketed to students through colleges and universities.

The High Costs of Regulatory Enforcement

Wayne Crews
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February 08, 2013
U.S. regulatory cost estimates of around $1.8 trillion per year encompass compliance costs paid by the public plus economic drag.

More Housing Rescues Possible Because of Fannie and Freddie

Carten Cordell
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February 07, 2013
Five years after the housing collapse of 2008, the U.S.

German Gold Repatriation Causes Concern

John Browne
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January 29, 2013
The Bundesbank (the German central bank) surprised markets around the world in January by announcing it will repatriate a sizable portion of its gold bullion reserves held in France and the United
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