Donna Claire Year-? – Chair, Life Financial Soundness/Risk, Management Committee … SVL2/PBA 1988 – SOA – Junk Assets, by Donna Claire, The Actuary – Society of Actuaries – 3p Donna R. Claire is an Actuary at the Equitable life Assurance Society. She is the Secretary of the Individual life Insurance and Annuity Product Development Section, the…

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Risks Risk – Index Systemic Risk – Index … referred to the Report of the Committee on Valuation and Related Problems. In that report, the Trowbridge Committee identified three categories of hazards which may impair the financial health of the insurance enterprise. [C1, C2, C3] The report of the committee can be read by the…

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Rating Agencies AM Best Best’s Review “Insolvency Studies” Best’s Insolvency Study Duff & Phelps Fitch Moody’s Standard and Poors (S&P) Weiss Research 1990 1215 – NYT – Moody’s Cuts Debt Ratings of Five Leading Insurers, By Richard D. Hylton – [link] The five are Mutual Life Insurance of New York, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, Home…

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GENERALLY RECOGNIZED EXPENSE TABLE (GRET) 1998 – GENERALLY RECOGNIZED EXPENSE TABLE FOR 1998  ILLUSTRATIONS.  SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES COMMITTEE ON LIFE INSURANCE RESEARCH. REPORT TO THE NAIC LIFE DISCLOSURE WORKING GROUP, Society of Actuaries – 8p 1996-2 Generally Recognized Expense Table 716 Adopted 695 2000-3 Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Research Report to the…

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Systemic Risk Systemic Risk – Index Assimilation of banking-type activities by life insurers appears to be the key systemic vulnerability. 2003 – IMF – Insurance and issues in financial soundness. IMF working paper 03/138. Das U, Davies N, Podpiera R – 44p 2009 0305 – GOV (House) – Perspectives on Systemic Risk, Paul Kanjorski (D-PA)  —  [BonkNote] Terri Vaughan…

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UL – Premium COMMON / PARADIGM Media Universal life insurance, like whole life insurance, is a type of permanent life insurance policy that accumulates tax-deferred cash value. The policy stays in effect for as long as you remain alive and pay the premiums.  https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/life-insurance/universal-life-insurance PROBLEM? Legal Case “John <Plaintiff – Policyowner> contacted Glasgow <Agent>, who had…

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Policy Overview Ideas 1976 – AP – Implementation of Full Disclosure of Policy Value in the Life Insurance Contract Per 1000 Bernacchi – 17p Life Insurance Disclosure Model Regulation – January 1993 – Appendix D Policy Information for Application -Universal Life ACLI – IAA joint reportaugfinal 31-32 Policy Overview_Page_1 ACLI – IAA joint reportaugfinal 31-32…

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LOOK My staff has conducted a major investigation of these issues. I must say today that I was shocked when I saw its findings.  (p1) —  Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) 1979 0524 – GOV (Senate) – Cost Disclosure in Life Insurance, Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  —  [BonkNote] Look-Blumenthal Deposition Look – Kablach Deposition Do you see…

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Look – Blumenthal Deposition 2009 – LC – Blumenthal v New York Life  —  [BonkNote] In my experience very smart people don’t really know what all the components mean. I feel like it does lead to confusion. So, I think … if you can refer to the eventual illustration and just show the cash value.  —  Teresa…

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