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Alex Padilla: “State and federal backstops have become neither affordable…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Discusses Climate Change Impact on Insurance and Mortgage Markets

Published | Video Starts at 08:06

So addressing this challenge requires ensuring that insurance markets function properly to provide that affordable, comprehensive, meaningful insurance options for consumers. And as we've seen, State and federal backstops have become neither affordable nor sustainable in the long term. And while states should remain the primary regulators of insurance, increasingly people are wondering what the federal rule can be in either buttressing those markets or offering alternatives. (08:06–08:14)

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Asserts that current state and federal insurance backstops are not sustainable or affordable.

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