
How Lawsuits affect Insurance Premiums
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/15/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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Join us for a powerful and informative webinar designed to help insurance agents understand how lawsuit abuse is driving up insurance premiums, Featuring Melissa Wheeler and Wes Bissett.
Discover the hidden costs, real-world examples, and strategies to educate clients and advocate for change. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights that can protect your business and your policyholders’ wallets.
Wes Bissett,
Big "I" senior counsel
Big “I” Government Affairs
Wes is President of The Bellemore Group, a firm that provides insurance and financial services clients with assistance on a broad array of issues in Washington DC, state capitals, and other national forums.
Wes works closely with regulators and state legislators across the country and also has a long history of advancing the legislative, regulatory, and policy interests of clients before such organizations as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the National Council of Insurance Legislators, and the National Conference of State Legislatures. He is a proactive advisor and strong advocate who serves clients by monitoring industry trends, providing technical experience, developing and implementing legislative and regulatory strategies, identifying opportunities, and in many other ways.
Melissa Wheeler
Government Relations Leader
Westfield Government Affairs
I am a public policy professional with 20 years of experience advocating on behalf of a wide range of issues most recently primarily insurance and financial services.
Having worked in the public, non-profit and private sectors, I have developed key relationships across industries and government agencies as well as the numerous state capitals. I have spent the last fifteen years working in a highly regulated industry, as both a regulator and regulated entity. I have developed diverse and comprehensive expertise in assessing dynamic political and public policy situations and assisting clients with effective strategies.