Richard Wicka  – 2023 – OCI -Wisconsin – Chief Legal Counsel (as of 2023 01) 2023 0109 – OCI – Wisconsin – Press Release – Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner makes leadership appointments – [link] Lauren U. Van Buren has been appointed as Chief Legal Counsel to replace Richard Wicka, who is departing to pursue opportunities in the…

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System Systemic Risk It is hard to fix a system that has not been analyzed.  (p14) —  J. Robert Hunter (Director of Insurance, Consumer Federation of America) 2003 0506 – GOV (House) – Increasing the Effectiveness of State Consumer Protection – [PDF-127p, First, for the period 1930 through 1970, the roles taken by various financial…

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Puffery Puffery Bluffing Forward Looking Statements 2011 – AP – Bluffing in Insurance Sales: A Pakistani Perspective. by Hina Butt.  Master’s Thesis in Applied Ethics, Linköpings Universitet – 45p See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Slade, 747 So. 2d 293, 322-23 (Ala. 1999) (holding that insurance agent’s statements that the purchased insurance policy was “the…

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Mary Mealer I feel like this is like the Groundhogs Day Movie all over again almost every call.  We keep rehashing these issues.  —  Mary Mealer 2019 0903 – NAIC LIIIWG (Life Insurance Illustrations Working Group) – <Bonk> Missouri Chair – Product Standards Committee (PSC), Insurance Compact Chair – NAIC Life Insurance Buyer’s Guide Subgroup Chair…

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Teresa Winer engage.soa.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=a8c2da9f-14ba-4ed8-af19-45cd4d8a8554 The first survey we did was basically of retirees: anybody  who has an FSA prior to 1960 and is still actively employed. We wanted to see what they’re doing and what kind of lessons they want to share with other people, which would feed into the Ambassador Program. It would be somebody…

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6 – LIBG https://www.naic.org/documents/life_insurance_buyers_guide.pdf 2019  (4) Keep in mind that you may be able to change your current policy to get benefits <Plan of Insurance> you want. Dynamic Policies Cude – What are Benefits Universal Life is a ratebook and more, all by itself. If you say you have Universal Life, you in fact have…

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Kim O’Brien CEO of the Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice facchoice.com/ AAP  – Americans for Asset Protection 2018 –  formally known as Americans for Annuity Protection 2022 0202 – fa-mag.com – Insurance Agents Sue to Overturn DOL Rule, by FA Staff – [link] The Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice, a trade group representing…

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CIPR – NAIC 2010 – CIPR / NAIC – Systemic Risk and the U.S. Insurance Sector, Mary A. Weiss, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar Center for Insurance Policy & Research, National Association of Insurance Commissioners – 40p 2013 01 – CIPR / NAIC -33p The 1980s ushered in the era of universal life policies. While such universal life…

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Sandbox – Short List – 417 Academic 201x – Universal Life Insurance Duration Measures, Lange, Alonzi, Simpkins – 14p  2004 – UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE – ASPECTS OF THE CASH VALUE DEVELOPMENT – Insurance – 146p  1982 -Using Information-Processing Principles in Public Policymaking- Marketing – 21p 1981 – FTC The NAIC Model Life Insurance Solicitation Regulation – 22p  1972 – An Empirical…

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