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Bill Nelson: “It seems to me that it makes common sense that since the Federal Government is getting into the business of terrorism…”

On the recordJune 13, 2002
It seems to me that it makes common sense that since the Federal Government is getting into the business of terrorism insurance in such a big-time way, that we ought to separate out the premiums in a separate account, purely from an accounting function, so there is no question that those terrorism premiums get commingled with all the other premiums and suddenly we do not know how much that is. I further ask the distinguished Senator, does the Senator's bill require that premiums collected for terrorism risk be used for terrorism losses only?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for separate accounting of terrorism insurance premiums during a debate on related legislation.

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