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Sen. Kimball urges cooler tone, urges fixes for small-business insurance crisis
Summary
Senator from Spartanburg Luke Kimball called on colleagues to reduce personal attacks and work toward bipartisan fixes for rising commercial insurance costs that he says are forcing small businesses to close. He outlined two core problems he believes must be addressed: predictable underwriting and insurers’ payment of legitimate claims.
Senator Kimball of Spartanburg used floor time Feb. 19 to call for a lower temperature in debate over pending tort and liability bills and to press for policy changes aimed at lowering insurance costs for small businesses.
Kimball told the Senate he has read the proposals and filed bills of his own, and said the public debate had become personal and unhelpful. “The personal attacks need to be brought down,” he said on the floor, urging…
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