In just over a decade, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s market share has tripled to include over half of the policies written in the Tier 1 coastal region of the state
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Letter from Austin: Kitzman drops bomb on TWIA
Perry Fails on Free Market Insurance
Texas Governor Rick Perry, the newly minted Republican Presidential Candidate, plans to run a campaign touting heavily his free market philosophy and success in bringing jobs and economic growth to his state, even during a recession. While there are many free market successes that Governor Perry can rightfully claim under his watch, one portion of the [...]

Eli Lehrer thinks Obama nominee Rebecca Wodder – the former head of American Rivers – has a lot to offer small-government conservatives. He thinks that Texas Governor Rick Perry’s record should give pause to small-government conservatives. And he thinks that the current lineup of wannabe Presidents skews odd. Very odd.

As part of the conference committee report passed this week, legislative members included a provision to allow an interim study on alternative ways to provide windstorm and hail insurance to the seacoast territory of the state. The report specifies the committee shall: “(1) examine alternative ways to provide insurance to the seacoast territory of this state, [...]
Letter From Austin: If TWIA Won’t Be Reformed, Should It Just Be Abolished? Senator Fraser Says Yes.

As a sign of the deep frustration over passing any TWIA bill this year, Senator Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, filed a bill to completely abolish the association. Most surprisingly, nineteen of the thirty-one Senators co-signed the legislation. The bill itself is not friendly for the free market since it requires private insurers to write policies [...]
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