NCCI Panelists Agree on Need to Reauthorize TRIA without Delay

By Peter MantiusNorthern Bureau ChiefORLANDO, Florida − Congress needs to avoid brinkmanship and pass a Terrorism Risk Insurance Act reauthorization bill with higher incident thresholds and insurer retentions to assure that the industry has “more skin in the game,” a vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense told a wary audience at the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s annual meeting last Thursday.“They should not dither and let it expire,” said TCS’s Steve Ellis, a frequent guest on national network news programs. “They should do i...