The top insurance regulators from California, New York, Illinois and Florida met in San Francisco today to map a proposal for a federal insurance program for manmade and natural catastrophes.

Details were few as they commenced talks, but California Insurance Commissioner John Garamend said concepts that the four have been working on are for a national program that involves sharing the risk among states and employing state and federal insurance pools.

"Stand by. Tomorrow we'll have an answer to your questions," Mr. Garamendi told a press conference in San Francisco that was made available to national press via telephone.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.