State to state, insurance is regulated differently across the United States. While regulation is only one factor in the price consumers pay to insure their homes – the others being wealth, climate, weather, geological dangers, and competition – it is the factor most easily influenced by humans. Insurance regulation is deeply tied up in state politics, so it becomes a hot subject.
The latest spat of statistics has been released across the country and show that Texans pay the most on average to insure their homes. This has led to some backlash from consumers and a push for state legislatures to do something about it. However, many doubt that state regulation is the issue. How true is that?
Texas state has the least amount of insurance regulation in the country
This is the tag-line used to blame government for high insurance prices. Indeed, Texas has very little regulation. Insurance providers need only to submit their rates to the government before they begin writing policies at that level – they do not even need government approval. A new bill pushes for a necessary approval from an insurance commissioner before insurers can change rates.
However, could the other factors be to blame? Continue Reading




