«The top items to be considered in this second session of the 109th Congress promote the core values and strengths of NAMIC members.»

«Assuming that efforts to revive S. 852 prove unsuccessful, Congress will be able to consider true asbestos reform legislation. We will continue working with Congress on a medical criteria approach to asbestos reform legislation.»

«NAMIC strongly supports the expansion of Section 831(b)(2). The modification of this section is very important to the communities that depend on small property/casualty insurance companies to provide them with affordable property insurance. Many small companies are approaching the current $1.2 million limit and both they and their customers will be adversely impacted if it is not raised. With the increased election level, tied to an annual adjustment in the cost-of-living, these insurance companies can continue to keep premiums low in rural areas where larger insurers either do not write coverage or charge higher premiums than consumers can afford.»

«While NAMIC agrees that there needs to be additional reform to the NFIP, we do not believe that these reforms should stand in the way of Congress passing the additional borrowing authority that the NFIP has requested. NAMIC believes that we must take care of those homeowners who did the right thing by purchasing flood insurance, and we must do so immediately.»

«NAMIC strongly supports more stringent building codes; however, we recognize that enacting these laws at the state level has been very difficult. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop federal incentives to encourage states to adopt these codes.»

«NAMIC believes that exposures to mega-catastrophes present a tremendous challenge to the insurance industry and we are exploring several different avenues to address the problem.»

«I think people are supportive of those individuals who are hard working, yet they are disappointed they have to deal with the fact that they came here illegally.»

«For the short run, gasoline prices are going to be the dominant element in defining the economy.»

«It is clearly emerging as a significant issue. It's still not at the scale of war in Iraq or overall economy. If it reaches the point where it starts defining the economy - then it's a real problem.»

«I think there are a lot of people in the business community who are saying that to some degree, the oil industry brought some of this criticism on itself.»