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Perspective

Nov. 15, 2013

Thou shalt not regulate insurance that way

While the insurance commissioner must stay within the boundaries of the Insurance Code, within those boundaries the commissioner's power is nearly dictatorial. By William Gausewitz


By William Gausewitz


The vast majority of people in the insurance business are law-abiding honest professionals who want only to provide a level of care and service which will result in an ever-growing list of customers. This is made difficult, or at least complicated, by the fact that the insurance industry is heavily regulated. Law-abiding insurance business people have a huge body of law that they must obey.


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