I spent last week in Washington, D.C., representing
@bigikentucky at our National Legislative Conference. It was a whirlwind of "goosebump" momentsātouring the White House, seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and witnessing a group of veterans on an honor flight at the Navy Memorial. But between the history lessons, we were there to do the heavy lifting for every policyholder in our state.
The insurance market is at a breaking point. From predatory lawsuits driving up premiums to the looming expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the "status quo" is becoming a massive financial risk for Kentucky families and business owners. Without federal action, weāre looking at higher costs and less stability for the things we value most.
When I shared our meeting schedule with peers from across the country, they were stunned. In many states, getting direct access to leadership is nearly impossible.
In Kentucky, we have a unique advantage: our legislators actually show up for us. We didn't just drop off papers; we had real, seat-at-the-table conversations with
@RepMcGarvey,
@RepGuthrie,
@RepJames, and
@RepAndyBarr. We spent nearly an hour with
@SenMcConnell and met with the teams for
@SenRandPaul and
@RepThomasMassie and
@RepHalRogers. We were there to ensure that common-sense reformsālike cracking down on lawsuit abuse and modernizing disaster responseāstay at the top of the 2026 agenda.
Here are the 3 biggest issues we fought for on your behalf:
⢠Legal Reform: Weāre pushing for the Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act to stop outside investors from treating our court system like a slot machineāa trend that is directly inflating your insurance premiums.
⢠Flood & Disaster Stability: We urged a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP before the Sept. 30 deadline to prevent market disruptions and encouraged tax parity for homeowners who invest in disaster resilience.
⢠Health Care Transparency: We fought to preserve the tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance and pushed for the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act to finally bring "true price" transparency to hospital billing.
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