Federal data breaks down insurance lobbying spends for 2025

The insurance industry spent $172 million on federal lobbying last year, ranking it fourth overall in lobby spending, according to data collected by Open Secrets. 

Open Secrets includes a variety of insurance companies in the sector, including medical, life, commercial, and property and casualty insurance.

Medical led the spending, with Blue Cross/Blue Shield spending more than $20 million on lobbying last year. However, eight property and casualty insurance companies or organizations were in the top 25 spenders for the insurance sector last year. 

Within the insurance industry sector, the American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) was six highest spender with $5.8 million dedicated to lobbying last year. 

The top 10 spenders for the sector included Nationwide, spending $3.6 million in the eighth position. Liberty Mutual and Allstate tied for 10th place with $3 million spent each. 

Other property and casualty companies in the top 25 for the insurance sector include: 

• • Travelers Companies, $3 million 
  • Chub INA, $2.8 million 
  • State Farm, $2.7 million 
  • USAA, $2 million 

Open Secrets uses data from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 from the Senate Office of Public Records. 

Lobbying documents from the United States House of Representatives show that insurance companies and groups lobbied for multiple issues at the federal level last year, including autonomous vehicles, towing regulations, and safety management systems. Some specific bills the groups lobbied for include H.R. 1566, Right to Repair;  H.R. 2662, Automobile Insurance Costs; and S. 1379, Automobile Insurance Costs. 

Open Secrets data looks at federal lobbying only and does not include what insurance companies and groups are spending in states, which hold the most regulatory power over insurance companies. 

Vehicle insurance groups almost always have representation at any state hearing or meeting involving the regulation of their industry or the collision repair industry. 

A Collision Industry Conference meeting panel discussed insurance lobbying at the state level in 2024. 

“The insurers have armies of attorneys and representatives that the average repair group cannot compete with,” said Darrell Amberson, Lamettry’s president of operations, during the panel. “But if you have the noble effort, then you have an opportunity to do something.”

Andrew Batenhorst, Pacific B&W Collision Center body shop manager, said that insurance representatives often outnumber collision repair shops at meetings in California.

“There are a lot of insurance people present in those workshops,” Batenhorst said. “There are 5,000 repair facilities in California. A very small percentage actually gets involved with the workshops and tries to help.”

Last week, the Oklahoma Watch, a non-profit news site, published an article focused on insurance’s influence on lawmaking in the state.

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