Examples – Connections [Bonk: Contagion-?] In the meantime, a movement was afoot within the life insurance industry led by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as well as the securities brokerage industry, to put together an enhanced rehabilitation plan which would raise the crediting rate on the SPDAs from 5.5% to at least 7.5%. This effort was…

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Q: Will the World Collapse if… 1988 – SOA – Actuarial Opinion on Non-Guaranteed Elements, Society of Actuaries – 12p Larry R. Robinson,Chairman of the ACLI Subcommittee on Cost Disclosure The article is entitled “Future Shock” by Harry Lew with the sub-heading: – <WishList> “What will happen when a generation of insurance buyers begins comparing unrealistic illustrations with…

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GOV – Hearings – Notes 2009 0318 Federal Aid to AIG Insurance CEO Testimony Liddy Kanjorski – Liddy – Allstate – Claims Paying, Lawsuits 2009 0318 Federal Aid to AIG Insurance Regulators p1and 2o2 Ario – Policyholders are completely protected….. Pennsylvania v. Texas-???

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Bonk – Documents 1970s 1975 (originally) / 1999 – SOA – The Universal Life Insurance Policy, by James C.H. Anderson, Society of Actuaries – 10p 1980s 1981-2, NAIC Proceedings – Completely Flexible Plans – p785-786 – 2p 1982-1, NAIC Proceedings – ACLI – Paper on Cost Disclosure for Universal Life, by the Special Task Force of…

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Q: How Do You Eat An Elephant? The very idea of getting a handle on everything that is going on is mind boggling; but when organized, the elephant can be eaten, a bit at a time. —  Alan B. Peterson, Equitable 1977 – SOA – Corporate Planning: Procedural Aspects, Society of Actuaries – 18p ……

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Can’t Say – Examples A major problem that must be overcome with such monitoring systems is that of avoiding the self-fulfilling prophecy. A monitoring system that identifies high-risk behavior can actually trigger the bad luck required to actually send a company under. For instance, a system that identifies a life insurer as having high potential…

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Recent Finds Schumer, IndyMac <WishList> – Letters 1979 1127 / 1980 0303, 0306 and 0501, 0522 – GOV (House) – Confidentiality of Insurance Records, Richardson Preyer (D-NC) Insurance Records Hearings [PDF-689p-GooglePlay] (p1) – Richardson PREYER (D-NC) – Today the subcommittee begins hearings on the administration’s Fair Insurance Information Practices Act. The bill sets uniform nationwide…

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Archive.org – 2023 2007 – House – Committee on Financial Services 2007 0315 – H – LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED ENTERPRISE (GSE) REFORM 2007 0425 – H – H.R. 698, THE INDUSTRIAL BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 2007 2007 0426 – H – CREDIT CARD PRACTICES: CURRENT CONSUMER AND REGULATORY 2007 0613 – H…

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