1990s – Government Hearings – Snippets 1993 0525 – GOV (Senate) – When Will Policyholders Be Given The Truth About Life Insurance? We are seeing a real crisis in confidence:    – That, in my mind, is probably the worst thing that could happen.    – There is not a company in the country that can stand…

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1970s – Government Hearings – Snippets Ernest J Moorhead (Jack). Second, belonging in the area of the actuary, there are questions about the reliability of dividend illustrations. By reliability I am not referring to whether those dividend illustrations will be met in practice. Senator Richard (Dick) Stone (FL-D).  Or whether they are on projections with…

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Government Hearings – 2007 International Accounting Standards: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Convergence Issues : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Securities and Insurance and Investment of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, on Opportunities, Issues, Differences, and Challenges as the U.S. and International Countries Move…

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Government Hearings – 2003 2003 0506 – GOV (House) – Increasing the Effectiveness of State Consumer Protection, Sue W. Kelly (R-NY)  —  [BonkNote] [PDF-123p, VIDEO-?] – <mp3, mp4> – R House – Committee on Financial Services – Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations  2003 0515 – GOV (House) – Retirement Security: What Seniors Need to Know About…

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Government Hearings – 2001 2001 0516 – GOV (House) – NARAB And Beyond, Richard Baker (R-LA) [PDF-79p, VIDEO-?] Sue Kelly (R-NY) – 3p George W. Miller quote – 1871 NAIC Founding House – Committee on Financial Services – Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Inurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises 2001 0614/0731 – GOV (House) – Analyzing the Analysts…

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House – Oversight and Government Reform Committee wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. originally the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, created in 1927 modern-day committee’s immediate predecessor, the Committee on Government Operations, was established in 1952 <more names, reorganizations> Majority Carolyn Maloney, New York, Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton,…

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Financial Services Modernization – GOV House – Financial Services Committee financialservices.house.gov/ c-span.org/organization/?2106/Financial-Services CSPAN House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance House Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials 1998 – LR – Functional Regulation of Bank Insurance Activities: The Time Has Come – 35p (noting that the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI), the…

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Government Hearings – 1950s Organized Crime 1950-1951 – Kefauver Committee Special Committee on Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce  senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/kefauver.htm Origins – In 1949 the American Municipal Association, representing more than 10,000 cities nationwide, petitioned the federal government to combat the growing influence of organized crime. wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_of_Cities 1950 0316  and  0329 – GOV (Senate) – Taxation of…

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Liability 1986 0121 0122 – GOV (House) – The Liability Insurance Crisis [PDF-553p-GoogIePIay, VIDEO-?]  Testimony – J. Robert Hunter – p279-299 House – Committee on Public Works and Transportation – Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight 1986 0220 and 0221 – GOV (Senate) – The Cost and Availability of Liability Insurance for Small Business. Senate -…

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1992 0623 – GOV (Senate) – Consumer Disclosure of Insurance 1992 0623 – GOV (Senate) – Consumer Disclosure of Insurance, Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  —  [BonkNote] [PDF-323p-GooglePlay, VIDEO-?]->Not on govinfo.gov – R ….on concerns relating to the adequacy of financial disclosures made in connection with the purchase of whole life insurance policies. Judy Faucett  1991-1992 – SOA…

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