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Virginia Knauer Republican 1969–1977 – Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs 1981–1989 – Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/knauerfiles.asp   1973 0604 / 05 – NYT – Real Cost Methods Urged – [link] The Administration today urged state insurance commissioners to find a better way to let consumers know how much…

Scott Alvarez 2010 0526 – COP – Hearing – TARP and Other Government Assistance for AIG, Congressional Oversight Panel  —  [BonkNote] 2010-07-29 FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Scott Alvarez, Bill English, Kieran Fallon and Bill Nelson, Federal Res~1.mp3 Scott Alvarez, FRB – re: AIG – They were solvent, they just couldn’t pay their bills. Mark MCWATTERS,…

Chuck Grassley Chuck Grassley (R-IA) 1959–1975 – IA House Member 1981-Current (as of 2023) – US Senator (p4) – Statement of Hon. Charles E. Grassley, A U.S. Senator From The State of Iowa I share Senator Metzenbaum’s desire to ensure that insurance consumers have a thorough understanding of the obligations and performances that they can…

Alan Grayson Alan Grayson (D-FL) 2009-2011 – US House 2013-2017 – US House youtube.com/@RepAlanGrayson 2010 0319 – businessinsider – Check Out Alan Grayson’s Furious Letter To The AIG Trustees, by Gus Lubin – [link] 2009 0319 – GOV (House) – Regulation versus Chaos: Rep. Alan Grayson on What Really Happened at AIG  —  [VIDEO-Clip-YouTube] AIG 10k…

Arthur J. Morris credit life insurance Morris Plan Industrial loan company (ILC) or industrial bank 1973 1120 – NYT – Obituary: Arthur J. Morris of Credit Plan, 92 – [link] Arthur J. Morris, the banker and financier who created the Morris Plan, which made consumer credit available to working people, died yesterday at Phelps Memorial Hospital, North Tarrytown.…

Bill Clinton Bill Clinton (D-AR) 1979-1981 – Governor of Arkansas 1983-1992 – Governor of Arkansas 1993- 2001 – United States President 1999 – he signed into law the Financial Services Modernization Act (Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act), which repealed the part of the Glass–Steagall Act that had prohibited a bank from offering a full range of investment, commercial…

Eli Broad SunAmerica 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 company founded in Baltimore in 1890, for $52 million.[11] Broad transformed Sun Life into the retirement savings powerhouse…

William Snell Statement of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, William M. Snell   ……702 1981-1, NAIC Proceedings – Task Force on Life Insurance Disclosure System – LIDS – NAIC  —  [BonkNote]  Wisconsin Task Force William SNELL. Northwestern Mutual – In Wisconsin in July 1977, the state held a hearing on the NAIC Model Life Insurance Solicitation…

Fred Andersen 1998- 2014 – Assistant Chief Life Actuary – New York Dept of Financial Services 2014 – Current (as of 2023) – Acting Deputy Commissioner / Chief Life Actuary – Minnesota Department of Commerce Chair – IULSG – IUL Illustration Subgroup – (A) – NAIC  2020 0107 – WSJ – It’s the Hottest Thing…