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Scholarship Abstract We assess the capacity of the U.S. property-liability insurance industry and the efficiency of the state guaranty fund system in response to large scale . . .
We assess the capacity of the U.S. property-liability insurance industry and the efficiency of the state guaranty fund system in response to large scale loss events to assess the resilience of the current system to the growing challenges of climate change. We identify characteristics of the industry’s capital structure and the guaranty fund system that limit the ability to indemnify policyholders following extreme catastrophic losses. We also consider the sustainability of the system over time under assumptions of increasing loss frequency and severity. We find that some attributes of insurance guarantees present short-term problems for policyholders and create long-term challenges for competitive private insurance markets, particularly when a subset of insurers shoulders the burden for past losses.
Popular Media Among collectors, it is said that art is cheap; it is assurances that are expensive. What gets people to spend thousands on some dribbles on . . .
Among collectors, it is said that art is cheap; it is assurances that are expensive. What gets people to spend thousands on some dribbles on a canvas by a no-name is the promise — by a gallery owner or other “expert” — that the thousands will become millions.
The value of money is the same.
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TOTM In its Advance Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested public comment on an unprecedented . . .
In its Advance Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested public comment on an unprecedented initiative to promulgate and implement wide-ranging rules concerning the gathering and use of consumer data in digital markets. In this contribution, I will assume, for the sake of argument, that the commission has the legal authority to exercise its purported rulemaking powers for this purpose without a specific legislative mandate (a question as to which I recognize there is great uncertainty, which is further heightened by the fact that Congress is concurrently considered legislation in the same policy area).
Presentations & Interviews ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz joined Steptoe & Johnson’s The Cyberlaw Podcast to discuss the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, . . .
ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz joined Steptoe & Johnson’s The Cyberlaw Podcast to discuss the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, and the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. The full episode is embedded below.
Popular Media Turf battles are nothing new in Washington, but the one currently raging over which federal agency has authority to regulate the trading of digital assets . . .
Turf battles are nothing new in Washington, but the one currently raging over which federal agency has authority to regulate the trading of digital assets reveals deep dysfunction in the modern administrative state. The battle goes far beyond which agency gets more power; the future of the internet may be at stake.
Presentations & Interviews ICLE Academic Affiliate Giuseppe Colangelo joined Concurrences‘ Antitrust Code podcast to discuss how fairness is defined in competition law. The full episode is embedded below.
ICLE Academic Affiliate Giuseppe Colangelo joined Concurrences‘ Antitrust Code podcast to discuss how fairness is defined in competition law. The full episode is embedded below.
TOTM The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Aug. 22 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (ANPRM) is breathtaking in its scope. For an overview . . .
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Aug. 22 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (ANPRM) is breathtaking in its scope. For an overview summary, see this Aug. 11 FTC press release.
TOTM The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to review in advance all future acquisitions by Facebook parent Meta Platforms. According to a Sept. 2 Bloomberg report, in connection with . . .
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to review in advance all future acquisitions by Facebook parent Meta Platforms. According to a Sept. 2 Bloomberg report, in connection with its challenge to Meta’s acquisition of fitness-app maker Within Unlimited, the commission “has asked its in-house court to force both Meta and [Meta CEO Mark] Zuckerberg to seek approval from the FTC before engaging in any future deals.”
Popular Media The Dodd-Frank Act’s so-called “Durbin amendment,” passed more than a decade ago in 2010, was supposed to reduce the cost of consumer goods by regulating . . .
The Dodd-Frank Act’s so-called “Durbin amendment,” passed more than a decade ago in 2010, was supposed to reduce the cost of consumer goods by regulating the price and processing of debit-card transactions.