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  • White Paper No. 15

    The Other Side of the Parchment

    What a Manhattan Larceny Trial Reveals About the Boundary McCarran-Ferguson Never Drew

    Patrick M. Brenner and Gregory A. Schroeder  |  October 10, 2026

  • In the News

    SPPI in the News: September 2026

    Six September pieces on what regulators may weigh, four coalition letters, and the late-July and August pieces our last roundups missed.

    Southwest Public Policy Institute  |  September 30, 2026

  • White Paper No. 12

    Oklahoma’s Parchment Guarantee

    Two Oklahoma statutes point in opposite directions for a captive risk retention group, and seven years of enforcement built on the one a court later rejected still has not answered whether the company can pay its…

    Patrick M. Brenner and Gregory A. Schroeder  |  September 27, 2026

  • Coalition Letter

    SPPI Joins Coalition Urging Treasury to Close the Chinese Battery Component Loophole

    The letter asks Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS to enforce the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s foreign-entity restrictions so Chinese-controlled battery companies cannot claim Section 45X or 48E tax credits through U.S. subsidiaries or…

    Gregory A. Schroeder  |  September 1, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    How Did a Nonprofit Become America’s Insurance Regulator?

    States have surrendered much of their power to a private organization with almost no transparency.

    Originally published inThe Wall Street Journal

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 28, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Indebted Americans need help, not restrictions on settlement services

    According to research from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, roughly 60% of the 175 million American adults holding credit cards carry a balance.

    Originally published inAmerican Banker

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 26, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Regulation Without Disclosure

    What the GAO’s review of the NAIC means for insurance consumers.

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 29, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    Sue-Pervised Retirement

    Rampant litigation against 401(k) sponsors is narrowing employees’ investment choices and eroding their retirement wealth.

    Originally published inNational Review

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 19, 2026

  • Policy Brief

    Fiduciary Standards Start With Transparency

    The loudest voices demanding “fiduciary purity” in America’s retirement debate are often the least willing to submit themselves to basic public scrutiny. That contradiction is now impossible to ignore. This week, the Pinpoint Policy Institute filed…

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  February 4, 2026

  • Op-Ed

    OutSource New Mexico: Dark Money Funds ‘Left-of-Center’ SourceNM to ‘Change the Political Debate’

    Dark money rears its head in New Mexico politics.

    Originally published inThe Conservative New Mexican

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  August 22, 2022

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