AFR shared maps and statistics with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee prior to two hearings this month on the insurance crisis, which is compounded by climate change. The post Fact Sheet: Visualizing the Home Insurance Crisis appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a comment to the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on its proposal to evaluate nonbank mortgage lenders in New York based on their performance in meeting the credit needs of the communities where they operate, including needs related to increasing climate risks […]
AFREF and 36 partners led a letter urging the Department of Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to swiftly release the homeowner insurance data that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners collected from over 330 insurers representing over 80% of the property and casualty market while also urging FIO to swiftly release a robust report analyzing […]
Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen along with 77 organizations and labor unions that advocate for racial, social, economic, and climate justice, wrote to urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to confirm pending nominees for financial regulators and independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board. The post Letters to Congress: Letter Urging Senate Majority […]
Americans for Financial Reform and Public Citizen along with 50 organizations that advocate for racial, social, economic, and climate justice, wrote to urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to confirm pending nominees for financial regulators and independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board. The post Letters to Congress: Letter Urging Senate Majority to Confirm Pending […]
AFR joined nearly 80 environmental and public interest advocates calling on Majority Leader Schumer to prevent the consideration of deeply flawed crypto legislation being discussed in the Senate Agriculture Committee because it would worsen climate emissions. Crypto is highly energy intensive and has already buoyed fossil fuel power plants, extraction, and climate emissions. The post Letters to […]
AFR joined the Consumer Federation of America and 18 other civil rights, housing, and climate advocacy groups in writing this letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding the need for a public, transparent, and national data collection on the property and casualty insurance market. The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter to the […]
AFR and partners submitted a letter to the committee urging members to vote down a series of bills and resolutions that would roll back agency rules, guidance, and authorities to address climate-related financial risk. The post Letters to Congress: Letter in Opposition to H.R. 5535, the “Insurance Data Protection Act” and the Congressional Review Act’s […]
Wall Street private equity firms have grown from $1 trillion in 2008 to nearly $4.5 trillion today, exerting enormous influence in critical sectors of the economy. Private equity landlords have led the way in corporate landlords displacing tenants by neglecting properties while raising fees and rents. Private equity ownership in healthcare has led to the […]
New report highlights stark discrepancy between Brookfield’s reported emissions and its actual carbon footprint. The post News Release: Report Exposes Brookfield Corporation’s Fossil Fuel Investments and Emissions Reality appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform. The full report is available here.