4 – Illustrations NAIC – Current / Recent Working Groups 11/14-15/2014 LATF 6-63   Anthony Ferraro (New York Life) said that one of the goals of the Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation (#582) is to make sure that illustrations do not mislead consumers. ………………………… He emphasized that it is important that the accumulated cash flows…

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Illustrations – History In the use of these illustrations, agents must carefully discriminate between what is guaranteed in the policy, and what is only a possibility…  (p42 of 240) 1896 – Ratebook – Premium Rates, Guarantees and Illustrations of Policies – New York Life Insurance Company – 240p Senator Metzenbaum Prudential Multi-State Task Force Report…

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Illustrations – Documents – NAIC 1990-1A – NAIC / LIMRA Consumer Testing – Universal Life Disclosure Form – 10p 1993-1 NAIC Summary of NAIC Activity, Life Insurance Disclosure  Illustrations, ATTACHMENT ONE-A – 2 Statement of National Association of Life Underwriters – 257 Statement of the American Academy of Actuaries Task Force on Life Insurance Illustrations -…

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Illustrations as Roadmaps This was an optional idea that we called “Illustrations As Road Maps.” The concept is that instead of letting the actual performance of a Universal Life policy diverge over time further and further from what was originally illustrated, you could send policyholders a notice each year on the anniversary, if the results are below…

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Illustrations – Uses 2015 0816 –  NAIC – LIAC CC, NAIC Proceedings Birny Birnbaum (Center for Economic Justice—CEJ) also expressed support for the suggestion. He said it is important that state insurance regulators determine if illustrations are accomplishing what they are intended to  accomplish, how they are being used and whether consumers understand them. Mr.…

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