Press Releases: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Heartland Institute Responds to Senate Bill to Reform Flood Insurance

December 07, 2011

Leadership of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee has filed the final report for the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011, which the committee originally passed

Heartland Institute Florida Director: Casinos Are Good for the State

December 06, 2011

Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of the Florida Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee to discuss casino resorts, Christian Cámara, director of The Heartland Institute’s Florida office, offered words

Heartland Institute Responds to Reform Plan for Florida Cat Fund

December 05, 2011

The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate welcomed the introduction of legislation in Florida’s House of Representatives to address the dangerously overexposed conditi

Heartland Offers Comments to Improve Insurance Regulation

November 30, 2011

Insurance regulators should be encouraged to continue exploring ways to modernize and harmonize the state-based system of insurance regulation – particularly outdated and counter-productive rate co

Heartland Institute Reacts to Retirement of Rep. Barney Frank

November 28, 2011
Steve Stanek
S.T. Karnick

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) announced Monday he would not run for reelection in 2012.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Draft Bill Gutting Authority of Federal Insurance Office

November 16, 2011

Draft legislation under consideration this morning by a U.S.

Heartland Institute Rips Into NCOIL Cat Fund Model: ‘It Should Be Ceremonially Burnt’

November 10, 2011

Experts at The Heartland Institute today strongly urged the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) to allow its Natural Disaster Catastrophe Fund Model Act to sunset during its meetin

Heartland Institute Experts React to Fannie Mae’s Request for $7.8 Billion Bailout

November 09, 2011
Steve Stanek
Joe Cobb

Fannie Mae, the mortgage giant that lends with the implicit guarantee of taxpayers, is asking the federal government for $7.8 billion in aid to cover losses through July, August, and September of 2

Heartland Institute Experts React to October Unemployment Rate

November 04, 2011
Peter Ferrara
Dean Baim
S.T. Karnick

The U.S. Department of Labor reported the October unemployment rate at 9 percent, down from 9.1 percent the previous month.