This editon of the Public Attitude Monitor (PAM) series reports finding from the Insurance Research Council's annual survey of public opinion on issues affecting the property-casualty insurance industry. The Council has been sponsoring this survey since 1980. The 1993 edition focuses on a variety of insurance issues, including attitudes toward the use of attorneys in auto insurance claims, insurance fraud, the high cost of auto insurance and solutions to this problem, safety in the workplace, managed health care, and responsibility for maintaining adequate homeowner's insurance coverage. A copy of the 1993 questionnaire, including results for each question, is contained in Appendix 1. Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc., an independent survey research firm, drew a sample representative of households in the continental United States and conducted in-home interviews with 2,004 American age 18 or older. Interviews were completed during the period May 15-22, 1993. For a description of the sampling methodology used by Roper Starch Worldwide, see Appendix 2.
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