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Insurance Journal Cites ACI Survey
“Floridians Would Pay More to Shore-Up Cat Fund: Survey,” Insurance Journal, published December 6, 2011.
ACI Survey Finds Floridians Support Fixing the State’s Insurance CAT Fund
A statewide consumer survey conducted by the American Consumer Institute (ACI) finds that 70% of Floridians fear being assessed hundreds or thousands of dollars in hurricane taxes, because the state’s Catastrophe (CAT) Fund may run out of money to pay insurance claims. The telephone survey of 805 consumers found 80% of Floridians did not want [...]
Florida CAT Fund Survey Summary
Are you concerned that you might have to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars in “hurricane taxes” to the state if Citizens or the Catastrophe Fund run out of money to pay its claims? Yes (70%) No (25%) DK/Refused (4%) Do you support or oppose allowing the Catastrophe Fund to selling more insurance [...]
ACI and Heartland Institute Held a Capitol Hill Event on How to Cut Medicare and Medicaid Costs Without Sacrificing Services
Brent Wilkes, Executive Director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, spoke at ACI’s Capitol Hill sponsored event. Other speakers included Peter Cramton (University of Maryland Economics Professor) and Steve Grist (Assistant Attorney General of Virginia).
Scott Johnson blogs – SHAW SAYS… “Just Stop!”
It’s hard to imagine a more transparent epistle than the one Sean Shaw sent to the Tallahassee Democrat. He was attempting to recast an op-ed from Steve Pociask with the American Consumer Institute which pointed to Shaw as being, well…transparent. Pociask alleged that trial lawyers, especially the former state Insurance Consumer Advocate, were manipulating the [...]
Study Finds Blocking T-Mobile Deal will Harm Consumers
A just released Study by the CWA Finds Blocking AT&T / T-Mobile Deal will Harm Consumers. The paper was filed with the FCC and available here.
Eleven AGs Say AT&T/T-Mobil Deal Should Be Approved
Accourding to a Bloomberg story, eleven Attorneys General say that AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA should be accepted by regulators. citing economic benefits and much needed wireless spectrum. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-27/at-t-t-mobile-bid-deserves-approval-state-lawyers-say-correct-.html
ACI’s President Appointed to the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee
The FCC announcement is available here.
Google Hiring a dozen Lobbying Firms — Hill Blog Quotes ACI
Gautham Nagesh wrote an excellent blog today on the breaking news that Google has hiring a dozen more lobbying firms to prepare for its FTC antitrust investigation (“Google Hiring 12 Lobbying Firms as FTC Readies Antitrust Probe,” Hillicon Valley tech blog, The Hill, July 1, 2011. The article quotes ACI’s president as saying: “Google is so dominant that [...]