Auto insurance associations, companies report Q2 lobbying disclosures
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) spent $1.7 million lobbying a variety of issues during the second quarter, according to lobbying disclosures filed with the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
APCIA lobbied multiple issues that revolve around vehicles, including autonomous vehicles, towing regulations, and safety management systems. These issues are listed without specific bill numbers.
Specific bills include H.R. 1566, Right to Repair; H.R. 2662, Automobile Insurance Costs; and S. 1379, Automobile Insurance Costs.
APCIA also lobbied for more than 25 bills focused on natural disasters, with a majority of those revolving around wildfire mitigation. Other bills the organization lobbied for focused on tax laws, such as the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax and Third Party Litigation Financing Tax.
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) also spent $435,663 in lobbying during the second quarter.
Vehicle-related issues NAMIC lobbied for include H.R. 1566, the REPAIR Act, and its Senate version, S. 1379. It also lobbied for a bill, S. 1474, to codify the PARTS program by the Department of Transportation and for H.R. 568, which would provide funding to state and local law enforcement agencies to combat auto theft and stolen automobile trafficking.
Other bills supported by NAMIC focused on ADAS, such as H.R. 3649, which would direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules enacting certain requirements related to automatic emergency braking.
Some of the bills focused on driver safety, such as H.R. 2788, which would provide a national standard to prevent driving while intoxicated by requiring ignition interlocks for DWI offenders.
A majority of bills lobbied by NAMIC also focused on natural disaster issues. Other non-vehicle-related bills revolved around business and tax issues.
Individual insurance companies also posted lobbying disclosures for the second quarter.
Allstate spent $920,000 during the quarter on lobbying 26 issues.
Vehicle-specific issues include H.R. 1566, the REPAIR Act. It is also lobbying, in general, without a specific bill, for autonomous vehicle legislation related to vehicle-generated data, according to its filing.
A majority of other issues focused on natural disaster preparedness and recovery, along with tax reforms.
State Farm reported $320,000 spent on lobbying in the second quarter.
Many of State Farm’s issues focused on natural disaster programs, artificial intelligence, and consumer data privacy standards. Other issues included tax reforms and issues related to civil justice reform, including the disclosure of third-party litigation funding.
A lobbying disclosure was filed by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld for receiving $60,000 for lobbying activities for its client, Liberty Mutual.
The organization reported that it lobbied for issues related to government funding and reconciliation, and issues related to international tax reform.
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