Abstract
Legislators and other policy makers frequently turn to experts for advice about the hotly contested issues of automobile insurance reform. In so doing, they often encounter contradictory arguments. This disagreement among the experts raises questions about the extent to which there are shared opinions within what political scientists would term the "policy community" of automobile insurance experts. These issues are addressed, focusing on the subset of the policy community that studies the behavior of insurance markets. The discussion draws upon a recent survey of American Risk and Insurance Association and American Economic Association members in the US and Canada. It uses a general linear model to analyze questionnaire responses to detect differences in views between ARIA and AEA members.