Nevada

  • Equitable Life Insurance was accused of misleading and cheating customers.
  • This was a situation of the so-called vanishing premium cases in the 1980s.
    • They sold policies when interest rates were high.
    • They told customers as soon as the interest rates went down their premiums would be lower.
      • That was not true.
    • Class action lawsuits were filed in Pennsylvania and Arizona state courts, and Equitable settled the suits for $20 million helping over 130,000 people.
    • However, because the insurance company was based in another state, under this legislation, the case would have been removed to federal court and these people harmed between 1984-1996 would still be waiting for justice.  (S1150)

—  Harry Reid (D-NV) 

  • 2005 0209 – GOV (Senate) – Senate Session
    • 2005 0209 – Congressional Record – [PDF-70p]
    • [VIDEO-CSPAN]
      • Class Actions, KB Toys (Deceptive Pricing Practices – 05:28:00 – Hatch), Coca Cola (Apple Juice – 05:29:00)
  • It might surprise you to know that about 15 percent of retirement savings in America are in cash-value life insurance-that is something that is not often shown in reports. (p31)

—  John W. Mangan, Vice President, State Relations, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) 

2019 0405 – Nevada – Minutes of the Meeting of the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs – 51p

  • Network Adequacy Advisory Council