2024 0215 – PIABA – Testimony – Joseph C. Peiffer, President, Public Investors Advocate Bar Association  —  [BonkNote]  —  30p 2017 0731 – Letter – CFA to NAIC (Annuity Suitability Working Group) – re: Regarding “Best Interest” Amendments to the NAIC Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation – 5p 1. The standard of care for consumers should be a fiduciary…

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2023 1031 – DOL / EBSA – Fact Sheet: Retirement Security Proposed Rule and Proposed Amendments to Class Prohibited Transaction Exemptions for Investment Advice Fiduciaries 2023 1031 – DOL / EBSA – Fact Sheet: Retirement Security Proposed Rule and Proposed Amendments to Class Prohibited Transaction Exemptions for Investment Advice Fiduciaries, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee…

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NAIC to DOL 2023 1101 – NAIC to DOL – State Insurance Regulators Work to Protect Consumers Who Buy Annuities; NAIC Releases Statement on DOL Fiduciary Rule Proposal – [link] “We fundamentally disagree with the White House’s characterization of state consumer protections for annuity products. The White House press statement that oversight of these products ‘varies state by state’ and…

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2011 0301 – DOL – 1210-AB32 – ACLI – Testimony – Hearing on Definition of Fiduciary – Investment Advice – 9p 2011 0301 – DOL – 1210-AB32 – ACLI – Hearing on Definition of Fiduciary – Investment Advice  —  [BonkNote] —  9p We share the Department’s interest in seeing that plans and participants who seek out and are promised…

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2023 – DOL/EBSA – 2023-0014 – RIN-1210-AC02 – Searches “American Academy of Actuaries” – 1 Result 2024 0102 – Letter – Anonymous – EBSA-2023-0014-0451 – 1210-AC02 – [link-p] The NAIC prescribed Economic Scenario Generator developed by the American Academy of Actuaries (“Academy… Harris is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and member of the .American Academy of Actuaries… She…

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John Hilton 2024 0116 – InsuranceNewsNet.com – Hearing speakers trade barbs on whether DOL fiduciary rule hurts or helps, by John Hilton – [link] 2024 0415 – InsuranceNewsNet.com – Trade groups express concern about regulatory process on DOL fiduciary rule, by John Hilton – [link]   A group of 11 industry trade associations sent a letter to…

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DOL – Department of Labor – PTE 2020-02 dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/new-fiduciary-advice-exemption 2024 – Letter – NAIFA to GOV-DOL/EBSA – RE: Comments of NAIFA to RIN 1210–AC02: Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary and ZRINs 1210-ZA32, 1210-ZA33, 1210-ZA34  (p13) – VI. The Proposed Rule Excludes Independent Marketing Organizations from PTE 2020-02. Independent marketing organizations (“IMOs”)…

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2023 – DOL/EBSA – 2023-0014 – RIN-1210-AC02 – Comments 2024 0102 – Letter – AFL-CIO – Final_FRComments_Letterhead01.02.24 – EBSA-2023-0014-0437 – RIN-1210-ac01 – [link-7p] On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to express strong support for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL” or “the Department”) proposed rulemaking titled “Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment…

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