Contents: Papers of Peter Kinzler | Archives & Special Collections

Series No-Fault Auto Insurance Files
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance Miscellaneous Costs Reports [binder 1] – Kemper Insurance Companies: Michigan Auto Insurance Survey (January 1978); No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Legislation Comparison of H.R. 6601 and H.R. 5149; Report of Special Committee to MSS 2015-03, Box 1
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 2] – correspondence, memoranda and reports. Presley Study of Michigan and Colorado; Michigan Report; ABA Report; Budget Summary; Governors Conference Vote on No-Fault; Oregon Loss Experience Under “No-Fault” MSS 2015-03, Box 1
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 3] – Section by Section Analysis of H.R. 6601 MSS 2015-03, Box 2
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – “Old” no-fault bills: H. R. 285 (14 January 1975), H. R. 9650 (17 September 1975), S. 354 (25 January 1975), S. 354 (22 May 1975), H. R. 1597 (10 January 1977), H. R. 6601 (H.R. 7476 (26 May 1977) MSS 2015-03, Box 2
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance After-action Reports on the 1976 failure – memoranda, correspondence, reports, news clippings. Includes: “Senate Action on No-Fault Auto Insurance in the 94th Congress (undated); memoranda of American Insurance Association re S. 35 MSS 2015-03, Box 2
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance Cost Studies – correspondence and memoranda. Milliman and Robertson: “Cost Estimate Study for H. R. 10, The National No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act” (31 December 1973); “Comparison of State Farm and Allstate Projections of Ef MSS 2015-03, Box 2
- File No-Fault Press Articles re 1976 Senate floor considerations in Congressional Record MSS 2015-03, Box 3
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 4] – H. R. 13048 section by section analysis MSS 2015-03, Box 3
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 5] – Conning & Company actuarial studies: “An Evaluation of No-Fault Automobile Insurance Costs” prepared for the American Insurance Association (November 1977, November 1978); Milliman and Robertson actuarial study: “Cost MSS 2015-03, Box 3
- File DOT HS 807 800 Final, Source of Payment for the Medical Cost of Motor Vehicle Injuries in the United States MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File Insurance Research Council, Paying for Auto Injuries: A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File DOT HS 808 425, The Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1994 MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File “Affordable Auto Insurance for Urban Communities: The Universe of Possibilities,” Conference – conference papers MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File IRC, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Claims, Pushing the Limits of the Auto Insurance System, 1996 MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File NPTS Symposium: “Daily Travel by Persons with Low Income,” 1997 MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File NAIC, Auto Insurance Database (AUT-PB 97-98-99) MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – “Pain and Suffering.” MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – Gary T. Schwartz, “Auto No-Fault and First-Party Insurance Advantages and Problems.” MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File IRC, Injuries in Auto Accidents, An Analysis of Auto Insurance Claims MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File IRC, Paying for Auto Injuries, A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, 1999 MSS 2015-03, Box 4
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – RAND ICJ Project Memorandum; “The Effects of an Enhanced Choice Auto Insurance Plan on Auto Insurance Costs and Premiums,” PM-1303-ICJ, April 2002; “The Effects of a Choice Automobile Insurance Plan,” 1999; Stephen J. Carroll, Ja MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File DOT HS 809 446, U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “The Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes,” May 2000 MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File Insurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of Florida PIP Trends, April 2001 MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File Insurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of New York PIP Trends, April 2001 MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File Insurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of New York PIP Claims, December 2001 MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – IRC (Insurance Research Council), Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Four No-Fault States: Colorado, Florida, Michigan and New York, 2004;; IRC, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Claims, Pushing the Limits of the Auto I MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – AICPCU Trends on Auto Injury Claims MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File AICPCU, Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Four Tort States: California, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Insurance Research Council, June 2005 MSS 2015-03, Box 5
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law, Report Number 2006-102, prepared for The Florida Senate by the Committee on Banking and Insurance MSS 2015-03, Box 6
- File No-Fault Insurance – Michigan. Insurance Institute of Michigan No-Fault Legislative Reform Analysis Project. Correspondence, charts, agenda, minutes MSS 2015-03, Box 6
- File No-Fault Auto Insurance – Minnesota Automobile No-Fault Study MSS 2015-03, Box 6
- File Auto Insurance printed articles MSS 2015-03, Box 6
- File State Farm, No Fault Press Reference Manual. A Continuously Updated Informational Service on Car Insurance Reform Published for the Press by the Public Relations Department, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Ill. [1978?] MSS 2015-03, Box 6
Series Auto Choice Files
Series Product Liability Files – Materials from the Danforth-Dodd Alternative Compensation Effort
- File Kinzler Product Liability Files Annotations MSS 2015-03, Box 16
- File Interagency Task Force on Product Liability – PB-273 220, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1977 MSS 2015-03, Box 16
- File Insurance Services Office Product Liability Closed Claim Survey: A Technical Analysis of Survey Results, 1977 MSS 2015-03, Box 16
- File Product Liability – S. 44 Product Liability Act. Correspondence, memoranda, working papers. Robert C. Eckhardt, “S. 44 and Product Liability or How the Knights of the Business Roundtable Besieged the Citidel of the Common Law of Torts” (undated); S. 44 To MSS 2015-03, Box 16
- File Product Liability – CFA [Chartered Financial Analyst] Product Liability Conference – conference papers, handwritten notes MSS 2015-03, Box 16
- File Product Liability – Draft Bills Leading to S. Amendment # 16 and to S. 100 MSS 2015-03, Box 17
- File Product Liability – S. Amendment #16, Dodd Liability Bill Background Documents. Correspondence, memoranda, working papers, news clippings. Testimony of Senator Christopher J. Dodd (18 June 1985) MSS 2015-03, Box 17
- File Product Liability – memoranda and drafts MSS 2015-03, Box 17
- File Product Liability – Comments on Staff Working Draft # 1 on “A Bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform liability law, and for other purposes.” Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, comments from interested parties on follow up drafts t MSS 2015-03, Box 19
- File Product Liability Act Amendment Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Consumer of the Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 95th Congress (18, 25 June 1985); letter from Guido Calabresi to Blair Bolles (14 June 1985) MSS 2015-03, Box 19
- File Product Liability – Comments on Staff Working Draft # 2 on “A Bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform liability law, and for other purposes.” Extensive correspondence, memoranda, drafts, comments from interested parties, news clipp MSS 2015-03, Box 19
- File Product Liability – S. 1999/S. 2760. Correspondence, memoranda, statements, news clippings, working papers re S. Amendment #16 into S. 1999 and S. 2760. File includes statement of Senator Dodd in opposition to the Kasten-Inouye-Gorton-Riegle Amendment; st MSS 2015-03, Box 19
- File Keystone Product Liability Project. Minutes of plenary sessions, correspondence MSS 2015-03, Box 19
- File Product Liability – Mid America Institute for Public Policy Research Conference papers MSS 2015-03, Box 20
- File Product Liability 100th Congress – correspondence, memoranda, drafts of bill. Statement of Senator Christopher J. Dodd (18 June 1985) MSS 2015-03, Box 20
- File Product Liability 102nd Congress. Correspondence, memoranda, news clippings and some earlier documents related to product liability. MSS 2015-03, Box 20
- File Product Liability Briefing Book for Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, for Senate floor consideration of S. 640 MSS 2015-03, Box 20
- File Product Liability # 1-3 – extensive correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, surveys, printed materials, background materials regarding amendments to bill S. 640. Includes statements of senators Rockefeller and Dodd (September 1992); statement of Dr. D MSS 2015-03, Box 21
- File Product Liability 103rd Congress Drafts – correspondence and working papers related to bill MSS 2015-03, Box 22
- File S. 687 Product Liability Fairness Act – correspondence, background papers, statement of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV on the introduction of the act (31 March 1993); Post-hearing Questions of Senator Gorton on S. 687, the Product Liability Fairness Act ( MSS 2015-03, Box 22
- File Product Liability Senate and House Debates – some drafts and background documents MSS 2015-03, Box 22
- File Product Liability Senate Floor – working documents, handwritten notes, and notes. CQ’s Washington Alert (19, 23 June 1995), Daily Digest Senate 25-26 April 1995 MSS 2015-03, Box 23
Series Punitive Damage Files
Series Vaccine Files
Series Digital Files
Otherlevel Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Paying for Auto Injuries: A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, Insurance Research Council, August 2004 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2004 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Two Choices States: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Insurance Research Council, October 2005 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in California Auto Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2005 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Florida Auto Injury Insurance Claim Environment 2006 Report, Insurance Research Council, February 2006 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Trends in Auto Injury Claims, Insurance Research Council, January 2008 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Countrywide Patterns in Treatment, Cost, and Compensation, Insurance Research Council, January 2008 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item AICPCU, Hospital Costs Shifting and Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, February 2010 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item Jeffrey O’Connell, Peter Kinzler, and Dan Miller, “No-Fault Insurance at 40: Dusting Off an Old Idea to Help Consumers Save Money in an Age of Austerity, NAMIC, Issue Analysis, December 2011 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
- Item Kinzler, Peter and Jeffrey O’Connell, “More for less under Auto Choice: fewer dollars for lawyers, fraud, pain and suffering and insurance companies mean lower premiums and Better Compensation for Motorists,” reprinted form Lascher, The Economics and Poli MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials