Window on Washington: Insurance Politics
Part 2 with AIA’s Leigh Ann Pusey
In this second installment in her interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson from her Washington, D.C. office, Leigh Ann Pusey, senior vice president for government affairs for the American Insurance Association, assesses the climate for regulatory modernization on Capitol Hill and in the states, reveals how the lobbying process works and looks ahead to 2006 midterm elections and what they might mean for insurance politics in the coming year.
Tune in to Part 1 with AIA’s Leigh Ann Pusey.
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