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PCI Poll: Consumers' Attentions Remain on Property Market

As the Democratic presidential primary process has shown, relying on polls is about one step away from using a divining rod to locate water in the desert.

By Michael H. Adams | Updated on June 30, 2008

As the Democratic presidential primary process has shown, relying on polls is about one step away from using a divining rod to locate water in the desert. Both approaches promise results, but their efficacy can only be borne out after the fact. In other words, until you dig a hole and find water, the divining rod is just a stick. Still, in the absence of hard evidence, regulators, lawmakers, and the industry remain transfixed by polls that at least momentarily fill up the information vacuum.

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America recently released the results of a statewide poll of homeowners conducted by the Public Opinion Strategies polling firm. The poll examined the attitudes of 800 likely voters who unsurprisingly, rated insurance issues as one of their top concerns for this year and beyond.

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