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HI SCR57

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Angus McKelvey

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to establish a National Reinsurance Program to address insurance market instability caused by increased catastrophic natural disasters and private insurer withdrawals from high-risk areas.

  • Requests the program be structured as a public-private partnership with actuarial soundness, state opt-in mechanisms, and clearly defined loss thresholds to maintain private market participation while protecting taxpayers.

  • Calls on Congress to provide mitigation incentives including premium discounts, tax credits, and grant programs to encourage disaster-resistant infrastructure investment by homeowners and businesses.

  • Encourages the President, Secretary of the Treasury, Federal Insurance Office, and Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop interim measures to stabilize insurance markets and incentivize insurers to reenter high-risk areas.

  • Directs transmission of this concurrent resolution to federal officials and state governors and insurance commissioners.

Legislative Description

Urging The Congress Of The United States To Enact A National Reinsurance Program To Address The Multi-state Insurance Crisis Resulting From Catastrophic Natural Disasters.

Insurance

Last Action

Resolution adopted in final form.

4/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce4/4/2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection3/13/2025
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs3/11/2025

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