NU Online News Service, Sept. 9, 3:15 p.m. EDT
The Thursday decision of the Senate Banking Committee to support the idea of splitting the difference on the wind-v-water issue is setting off a fierce, albeit behind-the-scenes, lobbying campaign within the insurance industry.
The bill is the Consumer Option for an Alternative System To Allocate Losses Act of 2011, or COASTAL Act, S. 1091, introduced by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
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