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The State Run Regulatory System

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The Insurance industry is very heavily state regulated. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, the state run regulatory system is Federal verses State Regulation protecting the markets, insurance industry and policy holders and was evidenced during the financial crisis of 2008-09. The insurance business is highly profitable. “Well-run companies can make a lot of money, which breeds competition” from both “inside and outside competitors” (Property, 2013). Insurance companies were well “insulated” from the “severe” financial crisis of 2007-2008 that affected the banks and security firms, because the State regulations have the Insurance Industry “walled off” from Federal Regulations (Property, 2013). During the “Great Depression of the 1930s” “Insurance policy holders were protected by the states’ prudent supervision and regulation” (Property, 2013).
Banks and financial industry make money from taking risks, Insurance industry make money by “insuring against risk. (Property, 2013). The Federal government regulate the financial and banking industry very heavily. Over the years, these regulations became more and more lax (Property, 2013). Some regulations were weakened or eliminated and supervision of these industries were reduced (Property,2013). “Federal authorities” decided to let these industries “self-regulate”, which “meant letting everybody do anything they wanted” (Property, 2013). Insurance Industry did not feel the same effects. Regulation of

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