2008 Financial Crisis – Documents 2009 0402 – Letter – NCOIL to Senators Dodd, Frank, Shelby, Bachus – 2p State insurance regulation was not a factor in the economic downturn and should not be swept into any proposed financial services overhaul. 2008 1006 – Letter – NAIC to GOV – Praeger to Waxman, Davis -…

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2008 Financial Crisis – Media AIG – Media AIG – Securities Lending – Media 2009 1204 – Bloomberg – Geithner Slams Bonuses, Says Banks Would Have Failed (Update2), (Goldman Sachs), by Robert Schmidt – 2p

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AIG – Coverup It seems to me that you’re covering for something. (p43) —  Damon SILVERS, COP Member / Policy Director for the AFL-CIO 2010 1216 – COP – Hearing – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Congressional Oversight Panel – [PDF-88p, VIDEO-CSPAN] What could the New York Fed be hiding? For one thing, a clear explanation of why it…

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The Wizard of Lies – [Bernie Madoff] – Diana B. Henriques The Wizard of Lies – [Bernie Madoff], by Diana B. Henriques  —  [BonkNote] 2011 – Book – The Wizard of Lies – [Bernie Madoff], by Diana B. Henriques 2012 0311 – VIDEO – c-span.org/video/?304739-6/the-wizard-lies Diana Henriques talked about her book The Wizard of Lies:…

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2010 – Book – Griftopia, by Matt Taibbi 2010 – Book – Griftopia, by Matt Taibbi  —  [BonkNote] AIG, Win Neuger, Securities Lending, Eric Dinallo, Doug Slape (p112 / 113 of 251) – Dinallo here interjects with what he calls a “powerful” piece of information—that during this period when Goldman and all the other counterparties suddenly…

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Shock The flexibility of Universal Life that initially appealed to the policyholder which allowed him to change premium payments, coverages, etc., will make this annual report of the condition of his “account” an unanticipated shock. —  Dale W. Hotze, is President of Hotze & Associates Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.  1983 – SOA – Universal Life (rsa83v9n32), Society…

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AIG – Securities Lending – Leverage 2008 Financial Crisis – AIG – Securities Lending – 1) Ed Royce (R-CA), Dodd vs Eric Dinallo https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111shrg51303/pdf/CHRG-111shrg51303.pdf 1) Ed Royce (R-CA) – And then came the fall of AIG. And the bets that brought down AIG were made through the firm’s securities lending division as well as the financial products unit.…

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Shauna Ferris 2003 – AP – Case Study of the Dangers of Inter-Affiliate Transactions: Monarch Life Insurance Company, by Shauna Ferris Ferris, S., 2003, Understanding Actuarial Management. Bellis, C., Shepherd, J. & Lyon, R. (eds.). p. 1-3 3 p. Year-? – AP – How to Destabilize the Financial System: A Beginner’s Guide, by Shauna Ferris – 32p 2009…

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