One of the moreoutspoken consumer advocates–Birny Birnbaum, executive director ofthe Center for Economic Justice–is packing it in as anNAIC-funded representative, complaining the deck isstacked against he and his colleagues because of theoverwhelming advantage insurers enjoy in both people anddollars.
The fact that the National Association of InsuranceCommissioners even pays to have consumer advocates attend istestimony to their good-faith effort to keep the public involved intheir decision-making process.
Still, I can appreciate how overwhelmed Mr. Birnbaum and hiscolleagues must feel, as their little band of Davids is hard put tomatch the lobbying firepower of the Goliaths in the insuranceindustry.
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