Press Releases: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Heartland Institute Responds to Misleading Study on Property and Casualty Insurance Rates

February 17, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – A new study from the Consumer Federation of America claiming that recent homeowners’ insurance rate increases are unjustified relies on apples-to-oranges comparisons of homeowners

New Farm Subsidies Would Set Back Flood Insurance Reform

February 16, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 16 -- New legislation introduced by Rep.

Sens. Tester, Vitter Join Heartland Institute Today in Push for Flood Insurance Reauthorization

February 14, 2012

Senators joined by CEOs from the National Wildlife Federation, American Insurance Association, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Reinsurance Association of America, Taxpayers for

Heartland Institute Expert: President Obama’s Reinsurance Tax Would Hurt U.S. Policyholders

February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON – A proposal in President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal would assess billions of dollars in new taxes on offshore insurers and reinsurers, making it more difficult for

New Heartland Institute Report Urges Reform of Texas' Margins Tax

February 08, 2012
Julie Drenner

The Heartland Institute has produced a new Policy Brief titled “Texas Margins Tax: Principles for Reform” by Eli Lehrer, vice president for Washington, DC operations at Heartland, and Juli

Heartland Institute Responds to CBO Estimates of the Cost of TARP

February 01, 2012

The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today responded to estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that the federal government will spend $23 billio

Heartland Institute Joins Gear Up Florida

January 05, 2012

TALLAHASSEE -- The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank with an office in Tallahassee, announced today it would join the Gear Up Florida Coalition devoted to fighting auto insurance fraud.

Heartland Florida Director Comments on Florida Citizens Agenda

December 14, 2011

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors has adopted its 2012 legislative priorities, which include supporting legislation that would reduce the size of Citizens, but opposing legis