Full Committee Hearing

An Examination of the Availability and Affordability of Property and Casualty Insurance in the Gulf Coast and Other Coastal Regions

Date:   Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Time:   09:30 AM

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Topic

The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on "An Examination of the Availability and Affordability of Property and Casualty Insurance in the Gulf Coast and Other Coastal Regions".

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Honorable Charlie Crist
    Governor of Florida
  2. Honorable Bill Nelson (D-FL)
    United States Senator

Witness Panel 2

  1. Dr. Edward Lazear
    Chairman
    Council of Economic Advisors

Witness Panel 3

  1. Mr. Walter Bell
    Commissioner
    Alabama Department of Insurance, on behalf of the National Association of insurance Commissioners
  2. Mr. Chuck Chamness
    President and CEO
    National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
  3. Mr. David Guidry
    President and CEO
    Guico Machine Works inc.
  4. Mr. Robert Hartwig
    Insurance Information Institute
  5. Admiral James Loy
    Co-Chair
    ProtectingAmerica.org
  6. Mr. Franklin Nutter
    President
    Reinsurance Association of America
  7. Mr. Harold Polsky
    Homeowner
  8. Honorable Marc Racicot
    Former Governor of Montana and President & CEO of The American Insurance Association