Equitable Life Stanley Tulin 1905 – AP – The Cost of Life Insurance, Allan H. Willett – 25p 1954 – AD – Adjustable Whole Life – Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. – [link] 1990 1027 – The Guardian – Which Company would you buy your Pension from? – [Ad] –  1990 1128 – NYT – Equitable…

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Rumors (b) Listen to the rumors. One interesting fact about rumors: they are often true. Also, rumors tend to run ahead of public disclosure of significant problems. It is important to pay attention to what is being said in the street about particular companies. It is also important to consider such information carefully so that…

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Monolines Bond Insurers ACA Ambac FSA – Financial Security Assurance MBIA Financial Guarantee Insurance Financial Guarantors Bond Wraps Bill Ackman Eric Dinallo – 2007 01 – 2009 07 – New York State Superintendent of Insurance 1998 – SOA – Credit Enhancement of Guaranteed Investment Contracts and Funding Agreements, Society of Actuaries – 14p 2003 – Monoline Insurance & Financial Guaranty…

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Bill Ackman Gotham Pershing Square Herbalife 2015-? – Bill Ackman – [Herbalife] – Who Wants to be a Millionaire –  334p 2016 – VIDEO – Betting on Zero – [Herbalife]  —  [BonkNote]  —  [VIDEO-YouTube-01:44:16] Carl Icahn 2013 – CNBC – Billionaire Brawl: Icahn vs. Ackman – [link-YouTube] Clash Of Titans: Carl Icahn Vs. Bill Ackman Five Years After Epic…

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Questioning the Solvency of an Insurance Company 1989 0501 – National Press Club / CSPAN – Where Was the Press During the S&L Crisis? – [link] Jim Leach – (House-R-IA: 1977-2007) Bean – Vaughan Dinallo 1991 – GOV – Insurance Insovenc – Baldwin United – Insurance Commissioners 199x – GOV – Executive Life – Siegerman.  199x – GOV…

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Can’t Say A judge has ordered The Twin Falls Times News to pay $1.9 million in libel damages after it refused to disclose its sources for articles that an insurance company said ruined its business. 1978 0406 – NYT – $1.9 Million Payment Ordered in Libel Case – [link] 2007 0722 – WSJ – U.S. Regulators Shut Down…

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2011 0914 – GOV (Senate) – Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation 2011 0914 – GOV (Senate-Banking/SII) – Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation, Jack Reed (D-RI)  —  [BonkNote] [PDF-51p,  VIDEO-Senate]  CRS – Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, Congressional Research Service – 14p everycrsreport.com/reports/R42038.html NAIC – Therese M. Vaughan, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Insurance Commissioners Bad…

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Jack Reed 1996-Current (as of 2023) – US Senator 1991-1997 – US House Banking and insurance are related, but the insurance industry is fundamentally different, and our approach toward regulators must consider those differences.  (p2) — Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) 2011 0914 – GOV (Senate-Banking/SII) – Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation, Jack Reed (D-RI)  —  [BonkNote]  — …

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Life Insurance and Banking Banking and insurance are related, but the insurance industry is fundamentally different, and our approach toward regulators must consider those differences.  (p2) — Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) 2011 0914 – GOV (Senate) – Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation – Congressman Reed (RI) – PDF-51p 1998 – LR – The Law and Finance…

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