Optional Federal Chartering Debated Washington

While agreeing on the dire need for insurance regulatory reform, the industry remains sharply divided on whether optional federal chartering is the right means to achieve the desired result.

At a debate on OFC sponsored by the Washington Legal Foundation, industry representatives, along with Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, presented strikingly different views on the likely outcome of the effort to create a federal regulatory option.

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