Tremont – Massachusetts Mutual 2011 0728 – NYT – Settlement of More Than $1 Billion From Madoff-Related Funds, By Reuters – [link] Mr. Picard has said Tremont, based in Rye, N.Y., which is part of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, was the second-largest “feeder fund” group that funneled money to Mr. Madoff from its own…

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2008 0627 – Bloomberg – AIG to Absorb $5 Billion Loss on Securities Lending: Insurance Units Wrote Down $13B Tied To Mortgages, by Miles Weiss 2008 0627 – Bloomberg – AIG to Absorb $5 Billion Loss on Securities Lending: Insurance Units Wrote Down $13B Tied To Mortgages, by Miles Weiss – [link-BonkNote] 2008 0628, Sat National Post…

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Orderly Resolution Authority Orderly Liquidation Authority fdic.gov/resources/resolutions/resolution-authority/index.html AIG’s problems “highlight the need for a resolution authority with the power to manage the orderly restructuring of a large, complex, non-bank financial institution that poses a threat to the stability of our financial system,” Geithner said. 2009 0324 – ThinkAdvisor – Geithner To Ask For More Powers,…

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Subprime Mortgages 2012 – AP – A Breakdown in the Good of Order: An Analysis of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis Informed by Bernard Lonergan’s Notion of the Human Good, by Joseph Cioni – 645p

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Project – 2008 Financial Crisis – State Regulation Guaranty Funds Shelby, Hunter, McRaith (p16) – Willis B. Howard, Jr. (NOLHGA – National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations): I’d like to respond briefly to my honorable friend, Commissioner Bartlett. Dwight, the guarantee association system works, and it works well. Dwight K. Bartlett III, Maryland Insurance…

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2008 Financial Crisis – Monolines Spencer BACHUS (R-AL) – I believe to protect those that are relying on the bond insurers’ capitalization, I believe the superintendent of the New York Insurance Department could have raised the capital standards. Governor SPITZER. Sir, I think you misapprehend— Spencer BACHUS (R-AL) I believe there was inadequate capitalization 2008 0214…

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2009 1117 – FCIC – Hearing – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission – Timothy Geithner – Closed Session 2009 1117 – FCIC – Hearing – Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission – Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury – Closed Session  —  [BonkNote] 2009-11-17 FCIC staff audio tape of interview with Timothy Geithner, Department of the Treasury.mp3 [PDF-50p]…

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2008 Financial Crisis – ACLI 2008 1101 – ThinkAdvisor – Smoke and Mirrors?, By Marlene Y. Satter – [link] When ACLI and AIA issued their statements pushing for federal oversight, NAIC accused them of playing politics, reiterating that the state-regulated insurance companies that were part of AIG were sound and “are not the problem.” Further, NAIC…

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2008 Financial Crisis – TDI – Texas Department of Insurance Doug Slape –  Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance 2010 0610 – COP – Report – The AIG Rescue, Its Impact on Markets, and the Government’s Exit Strategy, June Oversight Report, Congressional Oversight Panel  —  [BonkNote]  —  337p A7: Securities lending at AIG47…

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