AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. for AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
What was lobbied
8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS
S 905,S 924,HR 1878 The Safe Building Code Incentive Act - Support efforts to encourage stronger state and local building codes. HR 737 Homeowners Defense Act - Oppose; Issue: Increased federal govt involvement with private insurance market; would only benefit a few states. HR 549 Homeowner Catastrophe Protection Act; Issue - create tax incentives for individuals and insurers to set funds aside for future for natural catastrophesHR 1101 Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013 - Monitor; issues include creation of a new national catastrophe fund, and create a mechanism for pre and post funding of certain natural disaster costs. HR 240 Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2013 - Issue - Should there be a federal backstop for state natural catastophe funds? We oppose this bill. HR 1194 The National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2013 - We oppose efforts to end the NFIP.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Postal POS
S 1486 Postal Reform Act of 2013 - monitoring this legislation for potential impacts on postal costs and delivery services for our customers
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Monitoring House and Senate efforts aimed at reforming the tax code, including Chairman Camp's Tax Reform Discussion Draft. Monitor potential legislation that could impact the tax code for businesses, the taxation of property/casualty insurers and their products, and the tax treatment of life insurance and annuity products.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
HR 1663, S 780 The Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act or PARTS Act; Amends federal patent law to allow for the sale and use of non-OEM repair parts 30 months after a motor vehicle is first offered for public sale. We support these bills which will allow continued competition in the repair parts market, thus holding down auto repair and insurance costs for our policyholders.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Insurance INS
HR 1064; HR 1155; S 534; S 1926 National Association of Registered Agent and Brokers Reform Act; Issue: reducing costs and administrative difficulties associated with reciprocal licensing of multi-state insurance agents. We support these bills. HR 508 Reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for 5 years; HR 1945 and HR 2146 (10 year TRIA ext); S. 2244 (7 years) support these bills; HR 4871 House Fin Services Comm TRIA bill (5 years) concern with program changesHR 605 Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act; take insurers out of FDIC liquidation process; support HR 4510/S 2012 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 and S 1369 Capital Standards for the Business of Insurance, support these bills to provide flexibility for the Federal Reserve in setting insurance capital requirements. HR 4669 - Servicemembers Insurance Relief Act; monitoring issue to see if new requirements will be established
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Computer Industry CPI
HR 4342 Domain Openness through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act; and HR 4398 Global Internet Freedom Act, monitoring these bills for their impact on ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and the continued governance of domain names and extensions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Homeland Security HOM
S 21 The Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act, HR 624 The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act HR 756 The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013, S 1976- Data Security and Breach Notification Act; S. 1897/HR 3990 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S 1927 Data Security Act, S 1976/HR 4400 Data Security and Breach Notification Act: S 1995 Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act, and HR 1121 Cyber Privacy Fortification Act (continued)S 658 Cyber Warrior Act of 2013; and S. _____ No bill # - CyberSecurity Information Sharing Act (Sen. Feinstein) Monitoring listed data security bills to see if new requirements will be placed on businesses in an effort to enhance the cybersecurity of the nation's infrastructure. Also issues related to the sharing of data threat information.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
HR 749, S 635 The Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - we support these bills to eliminate costly, unnecessary and confusing annual privacy notices when no changes in privacy policy have occurred.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.