Press Releases: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Heartland Institute Economic Experts React to October Jobs Report

October 05, 2012
Robert Genetski
Peter Ferrara
Richard Vedder
Steve Stanek
S.T. Karnick
Jonathan Steitz

The unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time since the first month of the Obama presidency, falling from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September. The U.S.

Heartland Institute Applauds Senate Plan to Vote on Flood Insurance Reform

May 24, 2012
Jim Lakely

MAY 24 -- The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today applauded the announcement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to move forward with a vote next mon

Heartland Institute Announces Plan to Spin Off Insurance Project

May 11, 2012
Joseph Bast

The Heartland Institute has decided to spin off its insurance research project effective May 31.

The Heartland Institute Responds to Texas Sen. Taylor’s Letter on TWIA

May 09, 2012

In a May 8 letter [attached] to leadership of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, state Sen.

Without Reforms National Flood Insurance Program Would Be Insolvent In Two Years

May 09, 2012

With the National Flood Insurance Program set to expire at the end of May, the Senate Banking Committee’s Economic Policy Subcommittee is hosting a May 9 hearing on the need to reform the program.<

FEMA Call for 'Clean' NFIP Reauthorization Would Punt Much-Needed Reforms

April 24, 2012

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers the National Flood Insurance Program, has asked Congress to pass a two-year reauthorization of the program before it expires May 31.