Reform of the Texas homeowners’ insurance market in 2003 called for a file-and-use regulatory system. However, in 2009, the Sunset Review Commission’s Staff Report on the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) rightly concluded that the “Legislature cannot judge the success of the shift to file-and-use rate regulation because the system has not been fully implemented.” Conditions have little improved since the report was issued.
America Shines On
All of America was on display this weekend. Peace deals were announced via social media by the president, Team USA dominated Paraguay in soccer, and the UFC hosted a blood-soaked battle on the White House lawn. Something is happening. Policy and politics aside, the aesthetics of what has, and continues to, make America great is...