AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. for AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
What was lobbied
9 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Retirement RET
HR 1090 The Retail Investor Protection Act; monitoring this legislation that could impact proposed regulations on retirement investment advice to customers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI
S 1314 Commercial UAS Modernization Act - monitoring legislation to accelerate the integration of commercial UAS into the national airspace system; S 1608 Consumer Drone Safety Act and S 2249 Drone Operator Safety Act - monitoring bills which could impact operational rules for drones
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
HR 601, S 423 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 been made. Also monitoring S 1484 The Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, particularly those provisions that relate to insurance company regulation; and HR 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015, particularly those aspects that promote greater transparency in the work of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; HR 3340 Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act, monitoring the process for creating domestic capital standards; and HR 3557 FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act, tracking the involvement of the Federal Reserve and other federal entities in the regulation of the insurance industry; and HR 3189 The Fed Oversight and Reform Modernization Act, particular those sections aimed to increase transparency of Fed activities
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
HR 2029 The Consolidated Appropriations Act - including tax extenders impacting the insurance industry, a delay in the excise tax on high cost employed sponsored health insurance, provisions of the Policyholder Protection Act, and the sharing of information on cybersecurity threats. Also comprehensive tax reform (no bill introduced yet) Monitor all legislation and proposals 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. HR 879 Ax the Tax On Middle Class Americans Health Plans, HR 2050/S 2045 Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, S 2075 American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act; support legislation to repeal the so called "Cadillac Tax", which could have a detrimental effect on the cost and quality of health care plans that businesses can provide to their employees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS
HR 1748 Safe Building Codes Incentive Act - we support this legislation to improve state and local building codes. This is an important step in reducing losses caused by storms and other events. S 1679 Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; HR 4107/S 2324 Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act; HR 3456 Flood Insurance Mitigation and Policyholder Protection Act; monitoring all legislation that could impact the National Flood Insurance Program and the general availability of flood insurance for our customers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
HR 1057, S 560, The Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales (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 | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
HR 2649 and S 1514 The Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2015; support these bills which are designed to improve the efficiency of the Medicare Secondary Payer system as it relates to workers' compensation cases.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Insurance INS
HR 1478/S 798 Policy Holder Protection Act - We support these bills which would preserve the financial strength of insurance companies for the benefit of policyholders, and preclude the use of a carriers financial strength to assist depository subsidiaries. Additionally, the legislation would ensure that troubled insurance companies will continue to be resolved by state insurance regulators. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act and HR 2141 Domestic Insurance and International Capital Standards Act - in particular those aspects of both bills that promote greater transparency -- with Congress, the insurance industry and consumers -- on U.S. involvement in the development of international capital standards.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LEE FANSHAW | — |
| JUDD SCHEMMEL | — |
Homeland Security HOM
HR 234 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; HR 580 Data Accountability and Trust Act; HR 1704 Personal Data Notification and Protection Act; S 456 Cyber Threat Sharing Act; S 754 Cyber-security Information Sharing Act; HR 1560 Protecting Cyber Networks Act; HR 1731 National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act; S 177 Data Security and Breach Notification Act; HR 1770 Data Security Breach Notification Act of 2015; S 961/HR 2205 Data Security Act; HR 2977/S 1158 The Consumer Privacy Protection Act and HR 3305 The EINSTEIN Act of 2015. Monitoring all cybersecurity and data breach bills to see if new requirements will be placed on businesses for data breach notification, and monitoring congressional efforts to enhance the sharing of data threat information.
| 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.