Merrill Lynch LTCM – Long Term Capital Management Monarch Money Market Funds CDO’s – 2008 2010 0304 – FCIC – Notes from Michael Lewis Interview on the topic of the Origins of CDOs markets in Nonbanks – 1p The Merrill Lynch CDO machine was bigger, and produced CDOs of vastly inferior quality, to those of the…

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Wildcat Perhaps no abuse in recent years has been productive of more financial loss than than the sale of stock in wildcat insurance enterprises…  (p88) 1912-0, NAIC Proceedings Nor are financial panics the only cause for concern. Financial markets have also long exhibited a vulnerability to manipulation, swindles, and fraud, including: William Duer’s notorious attempt…

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Starr International Company Hank Greenberg – AIG Legal Cases 11-0779 – Starr International Company vs United States 12-5022 – Starr International Company, Inc. v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Group 14-cv-0159 – Starr International vs United States, Counterclaim United States v Starr International 15-5103 – Starr International Company vs United States…

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Bank of America Ken Lewis 2010 1220 – FCIC – R Brown Letter to Gary Cohen re Plepler Quote – 2p 2011 0125- FCIC – BAC Letter to FCIC re Audio Files – 4p

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Penn Treaty penntreaty.com/ nolhga.com/companies/public/main.cfm/NAICCode/63282/GAID/5 Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company (Penn Treaty), headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and its subsidiary, American Network Insurance Company (ANIC), were placed into rehabilitation by the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner on January 6, 2009. iair.org/assets/InsuranceReceiver/iairreceiver_summer2019.pdf. 2022 – LC – Penn Treaty – Brief of Amicus Curiae – National Association of Insurance Commissioners…

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Brighthouse About Brighthouse Financial Brighthouse Financial is currently an operating segment of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), and a leading annuity and life insurance provider in the U.S. with approximately 2.8 million insurance policies and annuity contracts in-force. brighthousefinancial.com/about-us/newsroom/brighthouse-financial-spin-off/ On March 6, 2017, MetLife separated its U.S. retail business. The separated business launched Brighthouse Financial, Inc.…

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First Capital Robert Weingarten, chairman of First Capital Holdings Corp. Fred Buck, President of First Capital Life and has held that position for about eight years, as far back as when it was called E. F. Hutton Life. 1992 – SOA – Companies on the Edge, Society of Actuaries – 20p 1995 – AP -…

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SunAmerica Eli Broad Formerly called SunLife – Purchased in 1971 AIG – SunAmerica Arizona Domicile dba Anchor National Life Insurance Company Wikipedia – Eli Broad homebuilding – Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation (now KB Home) Start – 1956 Went Public – 1961 In 1971, Broad acquired Sun Life Insurance Company of America, a family-owned insurance…

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Citigroup Citibank 1988 – Primerica A L Williams Smith Barney Morgan Stanley 1998 – Citicorp +Travelers Group = Citigroup 2002 – Travelers spun off from the company  Richard M. Bowen III, Senior Vice President  the chief underwriter of Citigroup’s Consumer Lending Group John C. Dugan, Chairman – 2010-Current (as of 2023) 1985-1989 – minority counsel and…

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Bond Insurers – Media Monolines MGIC Investment Radian Group  ACA Maryland Insurance Administration – Company Regulator FCIC – Interview – mp3 Bear Stearns AIGFP Ambac Wisconsin Insurance Commission – Company Regulator subsidiary – Connie Lee Assured Guaranty Berkshire Hathaway Assurance New York Insurance Commission – Company Regulator Capital Markets Assurance Corporation CIFG Holding Financial Guaranty…

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