NATIONAL INSURANCE REFORM
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NATIONAL INSURANCE REFORM
The National Insurance Reform Day is a national grass roots campaign designed to let the public provide
input into upcoming Congressional votes on legislation impacting homeowner and business insurance.
Do you want a catastrophic insurance model that is friendly to the needs of the insurance industry, tax payers, and consumers?
If you answered yes, consider working to pass HR 3121 in the US Congress, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act.
Members of Congress are urging the Financial Services Committee of Congress to vote on H.R. 3121 before the August recess. Your action on this bill during August 2007 is critical. With more than 53% of Americans living in coastal counties, it affects half the nation. That’s right. 24 states and eighty-eight thousand miles of shoreline can’t be wrong. Tell your family, friends and your neighbors nationwide why they too should support this bill. If they want to find out how it could affect them, ask them to go here!
How does a bill become a law? 53% of Americans live on the coast (read more...)
Members of Congress are debating important catastrophic insurance legislation issues this year.
Your action on HR 3121 beginning August 2007 is critical.
If you support this bill, go on line to www.house.gov/writerep to contact your Congressman to voice your opinion. Senate contact info here http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Consider reaching beyond your own back door to invite others you know from throughout the country to contact their Congressmen as well.
With more than 53% of Americans living in coastal counties, it affects over half the nation. That’s right. Twenty-four states and eighty-eight thousand miles of shoreline can't be wrong. Tell your family, friends and your neighbors nationwide why they too should support this bill. If they want to find out how it could affect them, ask them to go to
Make your call today and please let others know about HR 3121 through this website.
Call and email your Congressional representatives today to urge them to pass this bi-partisan sponsored bill HR 3121---ONE POLICY---ONE NATION FOR WIND AND WATER.
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THREE EASY STEPS TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN CONGRESS
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STEP 1: Develop a list of MOTIVATED people to contact for support of HR 3121.
STEP 2: Develop your own story about why you support HR 3121. (Stay positive and focused on the facts. Avoid negative comments.)
For instance, think about the following:
I support HR 3121 because…
The distinctive elements of this bill are…
I am confident Congress will help because we are serving these needs…
Half the nation live in coastal counties. They will benefit because…
One really poignant story, which I want to share with you, is about…
STEP 3: Contact your list (which includes your Representative and Senators, clients, family and friends) to tell your story and provide them with information on HR 3121 and this website: www.nationalinsurancereformday.com.
If you are speaking to your Congressmen or their staff ask them to vote YES for HR 3121.
If you are speaking to family and friends, ask them to consider supporting HR 3121 and encourage them to contact their Congressmen and other family and friends they know to support the bill.
Please feel welcome to return to the National Insurance Reform Day web site often so you may stay abreast of issues concerning HR 3121 and other catastrophic insurance legislation.
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TALKING POINTS TO CONSIDER:
An actuarially sound HR 3121 could result in faster claims payments for policy holders. It could also relieve some of the burden on tax payers--- housing, unemployment, and other functions---which are greatly reduced with a seamless wind/water policy.
An actuarially sound HR 3121 can allow our nation to protect its citizens against natural disasters and terrorism in a more efficient manner at a lower cost to tax payers. In this age of increased terrorism and increased natural disasters, we need insurance and governmental emergency models that can handle disasters in a more rapid, cost effective manner.
HR 3121 can help us better prepare for rapid, cost effective recovery from natural disasters.
Over 53% of the
Post disaster recovery costs could be cut by ten's of billions of dollars per event if homeowners had a seamless insurance product to pay claims in a more rapid manner such as the one HR 3121 can provide.
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SUGGESTED PHONE CALL SCRIPT WHEN CALLING CLIENTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN YOUR
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Hello this is (your name) with (optional: for use with clients only: your company name). I am calling to ask you to consider supporting HR 3121. This legislation is ONE bill in Congress that adds wind coverage to the current national flood insurance program reform bill.
HR 3121 makes the same party responsible for both wind and water damage to your home or business during a hurricane. This could make it faster to get paid after a storm. It could make recovery faster and eliminate the current court battles over what caused the damage. It could save money for the federal government by keeping them from having to pay for FEMA trailers and rent support for a long period of time after a hurricane.
Can you support this bill? (If yes, continue with) Can I help you contact members of Congress from your
area by sending an email on your behalf to indicate your support for this important bill? (and to Senators)
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http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
(If yes, confirm spelling of name, e-mail address, physical address and phone number.] In this email, I would suggest that you ask them to call you about the bill so you can voice your support and ask them to let you know if they support the bill. Will that be OK?[Yes] [See below for sample email of what to say]
If it is possible after we talk, I think it would be good to call your representatives today. A personal call is the key to getting these measures passed. I have the number to connect you to them if you would like. Do you have a pen?
Your representative is xyz and your senators are xyx and xyx. Call 1-202-225-3121 and ask to speak to them. If they are unable to take the call ask for the staff member who may be most familiar with HR 3121.
Before we finish, I would like to email information to you about the bill with a link to a website that provides information on how you can help others get their voice heard in Congress about this bill.
Thank you so very much for taking action on this important issue for all of us.
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**SAMPLE EMAIL TO SEND TO CONGRESS:
I support HR 3121. I hope you will too. Please call me at (insert your area code and phone number here) and let me know by telephone and email how you plan to vote on this bill. Sincerely, (include name, address, city, state, zip, email and fax).
www.house.gov/writerep
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
1-202-225-3121 ---Number for Senate and House members.
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