October 19, 2006

The Word About Rhode Island Is Out, All Over North America

Carroll Andrew Morse

As I was putting together the previous item on Beacon Mutual, I stumbled across a book titled The Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform: Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America by Edward Lascher. I'm not sure if its table of contents should make Rhode Islanders laugh or make us cry...

  1. Introduction: Why We Should Care about the Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform
  2. Explaining Policy Choices: Pressure versus Ideas
  3. The Profiteering Story and the Pogo Story
  4. Reform Enacted: Pennsylvania
  5. Reform Stymied: Rhode Island
  6. Different Reform Regimes: Ontario
  7. The Parliamentary System Difference
  8. Conclusion: Learning from Automobile Insurance Reform