Recent Research: Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Research & Commentary: Internet Gaming Regulations

Research & Commentary: Internet Gaming Regulations

Matthew Glans
Matthew Glans
April 29, 2011

The regulation of online gaming, including popular games such as poker, has reached a crossroads with the recent crackdown on poker Web sites in the United States.

Research & Commentary: Effect of 2011 Japan Earthquake on the Reinsurance Industry

Research & Commentary: Effect of 2011 Japan Earthquake on the Reinsurance Industry

Matthew Glans
Matthew Glans
April 1, 2011

With billions of dollars in property losses expected in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, insurers will have to pay enormous claims.

Research & Commentary: The Price-Anderson Act

Research & Commentary: The Price-Anderson Act

Matthew Glans
Matthew Glans
March 31, 2011

The generation of electricity through nuclear power carries risk.

Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances

Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances

March 28, 2011

Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising Taxes

The Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative History

Four Problems, Four Solutions: A Blueprint for Reforming Texas’s Insurance Environment

Four Problems, Four Solutions: A Blueprint for Reforming Texas’s Insurance Environment

Eli Lehrer
March 9, 2011

This report reviews four major problems with Texas’s insurance environment and proposes four categories of action that elected leaders should take in order to remedy them.

Solutions to Restore Florida’s Property Insurance Marketplace to Protect Taxpayers and the Insured

Solutions to Restore Florida’s Property Insurance Marketplace to Protect Taxpayers and the Insured

Eli Lehrer
February 4, 2011

The 2011 session of the Florida Legislature will convene in the midst of state budget worries, a lingering real estate crisis, and a still-sluggish national economy. Therefore, lawmakers will face a challenging series of problems that a single legislative session will be hard-pressed to solve.