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Reserve Relief Warren Buffet – FCIC Interview – mp3 NAIC Proceedings 1933 198x 2008 Belth Re: ACLI’s Proposed Amendment to Actuarial Guideline XXXVIII — ALIA 2010-2 (Summer) – NAIC Proceedings It is ironic, for example, that state regulators are boasting in Congress about the effectiveness of their capital and reserve requirements in stabilizing insurers even…

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