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Insurance Law Between Business Law And Consumer Law, Jeffrey E. Thomas
Insurance Law Between Business Law And Consumer Law, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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The U.S. legal system has multiple and complex regulatory regimes for insurance which combine statutes, administrative regulations and common law rules. Regulation of insurance is predominantly done by the fifty states, and this increases the system’s complexity. The regulatory regimes generally divide the industry, the subject of regulation, from the consumers, which are to be protected, without regard for the status or sophistication of the insurance consumer. This article focuses on the role of insurance law and regulation within the legal system, and in particular the divide between business or commercial insurance and that provided for consumers, more commonly known …
Insurance Perspectives On Federal Financial Regulatory Reform: Addressing Misunderstandings And Providing View From Different Paradigm, Jeffrey E. Thomas
Insurance Perspectives On Federal Financial Regulatory Reform: Addressing Misunderstandings And Providing View From Different Paradigm, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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Much of the current call for Federal regulatory reform of insurance is based on fundamental misunderstandings regarding American International Group (AIG) and the financial crisis, and because insurance, which is regulated predominately at the state level, provides a different, and potentially useful, regulatory paradigm. The first section of this article will analyze the role of insurance in the financial crisis. It exposes the misunderstandings and explain how insurance had little, if any, role in the crisis. The second section outlines the current, state-based regulatory paradigm for insurance, and will explain how this paradigm has become a barrier for Federal reform …