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Media – Index
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1800s – Newspapers
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1900 – 1949 – Newspapers
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1950s – Newspapers
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1960s – Newspapers
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1970s – Newspapers
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1973 0306 – NP – New Finance Giant is Coming to Life – [Variable Life Insurance], by Carlton Smith
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1973 1101 – NP – Denton Record-Chronicle – City Firms Named In SEC Action
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1974 1013 – NP – Denton Record-Chronicle – Man Brings Suit on 17 Defendants
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1977 10 – MG – Changing Times – Adjustable Life Insurance – (p17-19)
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1978 1112 – NP – The Atlanta Constitution – New ‘Deposit Term’ Insurance Creating Uproar in Industry – [A.L. Williams], by Joe Ledlie
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1979 1025 – NP – The Indianapolis News – The Great FTC / Insurance Battle, by John Cunniff
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1979 1213 – NP – The Atlanta Journal – Football Coach Becomes Insurance ‘Maverick’ – Art Williams – p19-20 and 24
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1979 0930 – NYT – The Appeal of Life Insurance Fades, But Most Families Still Buy It, By Edwin McDowell
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1980s – Newspapers
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1980 0627 – NP – Toledo Blade – Insurance-Hearing Pressure Detailed – [Howard Metzenbaum] – by Frank Kane
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1980 0808 – NYT – Filling a Gap at California Life, by Leonard Sloane
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1980 1116 – NP – Fort Lauderdale News – A.L. Williams Grows Despite Controversy, by Karen Southwick
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1981 0118 – NP – The Palm Beach Post – Policy Warfare: Term vs. Whole Life, by Leonard Sandler
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1981 0511 – Ventura County Star / NYT – ‘Universal’ insurance making gains
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1981 0927 – NP – The Los Angeles Times – Northwestern Mutual Life – AD – Are You Ready to Take the Plunge?
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1982 0103 – NP – The News and Observer – N.C. Attorney General Probes Insurance Firm – [A.L. Williams]
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1982 0104 – NP – The Charlotte News – N.C. checks insurance firm after ‘pyramid’ questions – [A.L. Williams]
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1982 0612 – NP – Omaha World-Herald – Plan Uses Life Insurance Loans – Called ‘Idle Assets’
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1982 0713 – NP – Chicago Tribune – Universal Life Insurance Trapped Between IRS, Congress
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1984 05 – MG – Changing Times – Adjustable Life Insurance – Bankers Life
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1986 – ArtWilliamsBest – Fake News – [A.L. Williams] – [VIDEO-YouTube-20:11]
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1989 0501 – National Press Club – Where Was the Press During the S&L Crisis? – CSPAN
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1989 0526 – NP – The Atlanta Constitution – Tennessee Assails A.L. Williams Marketing Practices
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1989 0901 – NP – The Atlanta Constitution – Calif. Won’t Punish A.L. Williams Unit, by Peter Mantius
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1989 10 – MG – Changing Times – Adjustable Life Insurance – Principal Life
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1990s – Newspapers
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1990s – NP – Illustrations
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1990 0930 – NYT – Stubbing a Toe on Primerica, By Diana B. Henriques
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1990 1111 – NP – Asbury Park Press – The A.L. Williams Insurance Crusade, by Ames Alexander
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1990 1111 – NP – Asbury Park Press – This Isn’t Just Insurance: When A.L. Williams Pitches, Agents Listen, by Ames Alexander
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1990 1111 – NP – Asbury Park Press – Working for A.L. Williams: Like Cult or just job?, by Ames Alexander
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1990 1111 – NP – Asbury Park Press – States Cry Foul: A.L. Williams Has Had Several Run-ins with State Insurance Regulators Across the Country, by Ames Alexander
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1991 0511 – NP -The Los Angeles Times – Insurance Firm Operations Cut by Garamendi, by Daniel M. Weintraub and Kathy M. Kristof
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1991 0716 – NP – The Index-Journal – Customers Try To Cash In After Insurance Takeover – [Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.]
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1992 0624 – NP – Leader-Telegram – Life Insurance Horror Stories Told at Hearing
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1992 0921 – NP – Philadelphia Daily News – What’s Your Policy Worth?, by Randolph Smith
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1993 0124 – NP – Sun The Kansas City Star – Tips on Mutual Benefit Policies
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1993 1115 – NYT – Insurance; Confusion Over Policies Leads to Talk of Change, by Leonard Sloane
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1994 0106 – WSJ – Met Life Got Caught; Others Sent Same Letter, by Greg Steinmetz
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1994 0308 – NYT – Regulators Seek Limits on Insurer Sales Pitches, by Michael Quint
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1994 06 – MG – Kiplinger’s – Buying Life Insurance: What the Numbers Don’t Show – Future cash values may not be as big as they seem – (p49-52), by Kristin Davis
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1994 0727 – MG – Kiplinger’s – Looks Can Be Deceiving: What The Numbers Don’t Show About Life Insurance, by Kristin Davis
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1994 0313 – NP – The Washington Post – Do Life Insurers Foul the Sales Pitch?, By Albert B. Crenshaw
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1994 0629 – NYT – Met Life Is Said to Be Facing U.S. Investigation for Fraud, by Michael Quint
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1995 1120 – NP – The Tampa Tribune – MetLife Case Became Too Much for Whistleblower – [Kirby Grayson], by Cheryl Jackson
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2000s – Newspapers
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2004 0908 – NP – Tyrone Daily Herald – Life Insurance Awareness Month, by Ryan Yarnell, The Prudential Insurance Company
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2007 1111 – NP – Austin American-Statesman – Don’t just buy into insurance book’s claims – [Doug Andrew], by Scott Burns
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2008 Financial Crisis – Media
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2008 0413 – Dateline – Tricks of the trade – A Dateline hidden camera investigation to see what insurance agents say — and – what they don’t — when they think they are alone with a senior
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2008 0627 – MG – Bloomberg – AIG to Absorb $5 Billion Loss on Securities Lending: Insurance Units Wrote Down $13B Tied To Mortgages, by Miles Weiss
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2009 0615 – CNN – Commentary: “Why Your Taxes Could Double,” by David M. Walker
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2009 1027 – MG – Bloomberg – New York Fed’s Secret Choice to Pay for Swaps Hits Taxpayers, by Richard Teitelbaum and Hugh Son
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2010s – Newspapers
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2010 – Book – Griftopia, by Matt Taibbi
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2010 0910 – WSJ – ‘Systemic Risk’ Stonewall: Some bailout questions the Fed still hasn’t answered
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2012 1011 – ThinkAdvisor – What’s a L.I.R.P.?, By David C. McKnight
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2018 – VIDEO – The Power of Zero: The Tax Train is Coming – David McKnight
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2020s – Newspapers
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2020 0923 – Forbes – Sounding The Alarm On Indexed Universal Life Insurance [IUL], by Ed Leefeldt
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2022 0603 – Retirement Income Journal – NAIC Reassures Congress on Private Equity-Led Insurers, By Kerry Pechter
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2023 – VIDEO – Documentary – Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
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2024 0408 – WinkIntel – And Yes, Life Insurance Illustrations are Broken for All Types of Life Insurance, by Sheryl J. Moore
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2025 1110 – InsuranceNewsNet – Kyle Busch Case: A day of reckoning for indexed universal life?, by John Hilton
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