Minnesota Mutual Changed Name to Securian Life in 2001 Adjustable Life Insurance Walter Chapin govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1986-12-15/pdf/FR-1986-12-15.pdf Minnesota Mutual pioneered, and Bankers Life of Des Moines quickly adopted, an adjustable life policy enabling policyholders to switch from term to whole‐life and back again. 1979 0930 – NYT – The Appeal of Life Insurance Fades, But Most Families…

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Mutual Companies 1993 – SOA – The Dilemma for Mutual Companies, Society of Actuaries – 18p JAMES R. THOMPSON: Mr. Hertz mentioned that mutuals are using subsidiaries for new products. Could you give me specific examples? MR. HERTZ: A number of mutual companies are using subsidiaries to market Universal Life, Variable Life, indeterminant premium products–products…

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Massachusetts Mutual massmutual.com/ Haven Life – MassMutual Tremont – Massachusetts Mutual  —  Bernie Madoff Van Mueller ?-Years? – Thomas Wheeler – Former-CEO  (p21) – Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH):  At a recent meeting of underwriters, Thomas Wheeler, a chief executive officer of Massachusetts Mutual, said in the last decade:  “Some companies encourage churning”, meaning rolling over whole life…

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