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…

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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…

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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…

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Doug Andrew Doug Andrew – Index Doug Andrew – Lawsuits 2005-2007 – Media – Scott Burns – Doug Andrew  —  [BonkNote] Douglas R. Andrew ?-Years-? – EF Hutton ?-1982-? – Investors Life Insurance Company (Nebraska) 1982 0908 – The Daily Spectrum – Judge schedules hearing for insurance – [link-newspapers.com] Federal Judge Aldon Anderson has scheduled a Sept. 13…

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Ed Slott Heroes of Zero  —  [BonkNote] The American College – theamericancollege.edu///ed-slott-companys-ira-success 2005 – NAEPC Hall of Fame Award Recipient irahelp.com/ – Ed Slott and Company youtube.com/@EdSlottandCompanyIRA PBS 2017 0818 – ThinkAdvisor – Your 5 Best Arguments for Life Insurance (Besides the Death Benefit), By Ed Slott – [link] IRAs are bad assets; life insurance is…

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Jeff Robinson Jim Anderson is revered, but I think he did a disservice to the industry by coming out with that product. [Bonk: product = Universal Life] UL is a horror. — Who understands UL? The home office doesn’t. Maybe they do now. The IT department doesn’t. The owner doesn’t.  —  Jeff Robinson 2003 -…

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Cecil Bykerk 2008-09 – President – SOA, Society of Actuaries 2013 – President – AAA, American Academy of Actuaries The Actuarial Foundation – Emeritus Trustees – 2023  2013 0412 – Letter – AAA to WSJ, Wall Street Journal, Cecil Bykerk, President of the American Academy of Actuaries re: Pensions, Guessing – 1p Cecil Bykerk: Those…

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Dwight Bartlett Dwight K. Bartlett 1983-84 – President, SOA, Society of Actuaries 1990’s – Maryland Insurance Commissioner 1995 06 – SOA – Actuaries in regulation influencing the future of industry, by Dwight K. Bartlett, III, The Actuary, Society of Actuaries – 3p The NAIC has recently charged its Insolvency(Ex5) Subcommittee with considering the need for…

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Yves Smith 2010 1011 – FCIC – ypfs.som.yale.edu/library/fcic-staff-audiotape-interview-yves-smith-aurora-advisors FCIC – Bond Insurers knew the bonds were Single A not Triple A 2011 0131 – HuffPost – FCIC Report Misses Central Issue: Why Was There Demand for Bad Mortgage Loans? – It is remarkable that the FCIC, with its access to industry figures and its subpoena…

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Mark Zandi 2010 0113 – FCIC – Hearing- Session 3: Financial Crisis Impacts on the Economy Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Cofounder, Moody’s Economy.com – 17p

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