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HI SR41

Resolution

Status

Passed

4/3/2025

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 insurer withdrawals from high-risk areas.

  • Requests the reinsurance 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.

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

  • Encourages the President and Secretary of the Treasury to develop interim stabilization measures including expanded federal risk modeling access and financial incentives for insurers to reenter high-risk markets.

  • Directs transmission of resolution copies to Congress leadership, Treasury Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Office, and all 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

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Consumer Protection3/13/2025
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs3/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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