Risk averse: State control affects insurance market

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: February 8, 2009

Here’s what happens when governments assume too much control of the property and casualty insurance market: Private insurers are driven out, leaving taxpayers as the insurers of last resort.

Here’s what happens when governments assume too much control of the group health insurance market: Premium prices are driven up, leaving some citizens uninsured.

Florida’s largest private insurer, State Farm,...


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