There is a growing and deeply troubling trend in insurance regulation. It is not just about insurers protecting proprietary information. It is about insurers using “trade secret” laws as both a sword and a shield, keeping the public, policyholders, and increasingly, even regulators from seeing how claims are actually handled.
A recent investigative report by journalist Ron Hurtibise of...
There is a growing and deeply troubling trend in insurance regulation. It is not just about insurers protecting proprietary information. It is about...
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