ACCI – American Council on Consumers Interests

ACCI - American Council on Consumers Interests

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  • Consumers Union

• 2011 - ACI -The Disclosure Solution to the Problems Consumers Face in the Life Insurance Marketplace, by Brian Fechtel - 5p
  • 2011 American Council on Consumer Interests Conference Proceedings

1990s

• 1991 - ACI - Advancing the Consumer Interest - Housing for Moderate Income Households, by Vincent M. Brannigan, Associate Professor, Textiles and Consumer Economics and Carol B. Meeks, Professor, Consumer Economics and Housing, University of Georgia - Vol. 3 No.1 - 40p
  • (p5- ) - In a sense, a housing purchase is similar to "whole life" insurance, combining forced savings and investment functions. Many consumer advocates discourage buying "whole life' policies because the need for insurance is greater than the need for savings. The concept of this paper is to create a housing equivalent to renewable term life insurance.
  • Many consumer advocates discourage buying "whole life" policies because the need for insurance is greater than the need for savings.
• 1998-Spring - ACI - Advancing the Consumer Interest, Volume 10 Number 1 - p4 - In Memorium - Esther Peterson - 40p
  • Esther Peterson, 91, known as the "grand dame of the consumer movement," died at her home on Dec. 20, 1997 following a stroke.
  • Esther Peterson was born in Provo, Utah in 1906. She was raised on a farm with her five siblings by her Mormon, Republican parents, Lars and Annie Eggertsen.
  • She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1927 and later earned her master's degree in education from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York.