Dick Armey Delivers Keynote to Insurance Industry Executives at 2010 North American Insurance Claims Summit
Importance of supporting free-market competition is stressed
TAMPA, FL, March 1, 2010 - Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey spoke to an audience of insurance industry executives at the 2010 North American Claims Summit held in Tampa FL. During Mr. Armey's keynote address he shared his experiences of fighting for fiscal responsibility and promoting free-market competition while in the United States Congress. Traits he suggests are sorely needed in this time of economic downturn and decreased competitiveness in the global market.
HSG|CodeBlue, the leading Property & Casualty insurance claims management company, sponsored the event and were inspired by Mr. Armey's words.
"It was a privilege to have former House Majority Leader Dick Armey speak at this year's annual Claims Summit," said Paul Gross, President and CEO for HSG and CodeBlue. "We have built our company upon the very principles of free enterprise that Mr. Armey has championed for many years. As an economist and the primary author of the 'Contract with America', few others have helped to craft the level of public policy and business framework necessary to support an open marketplace as Mr. Armey. His message was of particular relevance to our insurance industry audience looking for new ways to remain competitive through the turbulence of the economy."
Elected to Congress in 1984, Dick Armey was the primary author of the Contract with America. Mr. Armey ran unopposed for Majority Leader in the 104th Congress and that Congress passed the first balanced budget in a generation. Armey was also influential in key legislation related to e-commerce and the economy, development of a flat tax and homeland defense.
Now retired from Congress, Mr. Armey continues to speak on crucial issues such as The Electronic Revolution and the Economy as well as The Imperative for Tax Simplification. A Ph.D economist, Mr. Armey also speaks on the topics of his books, including Price Theory, The Freedom Revolution, The Flat Tax and Armey's Axioms.
Mr. Armey is the senior policy advisor at DLA Piper US LLP, a global law firm with over 3,000 attorneys, serving in the Government Affairs, Federal Legislative Practice Group of the Washington, DC office. He is also chairman of Freedom Works Inc. - the entity formed by the merger of Citizens for a Sound Economy (a grassroots education organization) and Empower America (a think tank founded by former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett and former Congressman Jack Kemp).