A scene in The Wizard of Oz finds Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow in a poppy meadow with snow coming down. The Cowardly Lion says, “unusual weather we’re having, ain’t it?” If Bert Lahr, who played Lion in the …
The 15 largest publicly-traded property and casualty insurers and reinsurers are all facing similar challenges as the year comes to a close. According to R Street’s review of Q3 2021 earnings calls, the top three difficulties are social inflation, climate …
The torrential rain buffeting northern California and the Pacific Northwest is the result of two converging phenomena: an atmospheric river and a bomb cyclone. While the exceptionally heavy downpours may extinguish wildfires in the region, the violent rainfall is a …
The bills for the Biden administration’s multi-trillion dollar American Jobs and American Families plans are expected to be footed by additional revenues generated by The Made in America Tax Plan. A headline feature of the plan raises income taxes on …
Earlier this month, the Colorado Senate passed a bill prohibiting insurance companies from using any external consumer data and information source, algorithm or predictive model for insurance premium calculation found to be unfairly discriminatory. Two weeks prior, on April 28, …
You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. But require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Exodus 5:7-8a Washington’s Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency …
