Patrick Baird Finally, I have mentioned the NOLHGA. Quite frankly, I still don’t know what to make about this, but there’s no question that they have had a substantial impact on the Executive Life Insurance Company transaction. I have no idea how that’s going to play out, but the talking process in Executive Life has…

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Glenn Daily glenndaily.com/ 2012 0927 – Glenn Daily – Is the Fechtel Method a Better Way to Evaluate Cash Value Life Insurance Policies? – [link] The Barnes Standard™ advocates and I disagree on the solution, however. My solution is to take advantage of two relatively safe harbors that insurance companies offer consumers: (1) cheap, guaranteed, convertible term…

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Mary Williams Walsh NYT – New York Times 2009 0730 – NYT – After Rescue, New Weakness Seen at A.I.G., by Mary Williams Walsh – [link] 2009 0731 – NAIC to NYT – re: The New York Times July 30 article, “After Rescue, New Weakness Seen at A.I.G” by Mary Williams Walsh – 1p 2011 0508 – NYT -…

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Frank Keating 1995-2003 – Governor of Oklahoma 2003-2010 – ACLI, American Council of Life Insurers, President 2011-2015 – American Bankers Association, President 2004 0909 – GOV (House) – G.I. Finances: Protecting Those Who Protect Us – [PDF-176p, VIDEO-?] ACLI – Frank Keating – Written Testimony – 6p House – Financial Services Committee – Subcommittee on Capital Markets,…

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Nassim Taleb Black Swans 2009 0910 – GOV (House) – The Risks of Financial Modeling: VAR and the Economic Meltdown [PDF-155p, VIDEO-YouTube] Nassim Taleb Crooks or Fools Collective Incompetence Class B Instruments Richard Bookstaber, Financial Author House – Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

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Authors – People Roddy Boyd Bethany McLean Ellen Joan Pollock  New York Times,  Former editor of Bloomberg Businessweek 2002 0227 – Booknotes – The Pretender: Martin Frankel, by Ellen Polluck – [VIDEO-CSPAN]

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Huebner Solomon S. Huebner huebnerfoundation.com/about Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security- springer.com/series/6053/books 1983 – Huebner Series – Risk Classification in Life Insurance, Editors: J. David Cummins, B.D. Smith, R.N. Vance, J.L. Vanderhel 1988 – Huebner Series – Classical Insurance Solvency Theory, Editors: J. David Cummins, Richard A. Derrig 1989 – Huebner Series…

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Actuarial – People James C.H. Anderson Daphne Bartlett Edmund Berkeley Shane Chalke Walter Chapin Donna Claire Miles Menander Dawson (MMD) Judy Faucett Christian DesRochers George R Dinney David Parks Fackler Shauna Ferris Thomas Foley Larry Gorski William Hager Edmund Halley Laura Hanson James Hunt Barbara Lautzenheiser Maurice LaVita Walter Miller Ernest J Moorhead (Jack) Anna…

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Shauna Ferris 2003 – Case Study of the Dangers of Inter-Affiliate Transactions: Monarch Life Insurance Company, by Shauna Ferris  Ferris, S., 2003, Understanding Actuarial Management. Bellis, C., Shepherd, J. & Lyon, R. (eds.). p. 1-3 3 p. Year-? – How to Destabilize the Financial System: A Beginner’s Guide, by Shauna Ferris – 32p 2009 – Presentation – How…

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John Pearson ACLI  Baltimore Life At the 1986 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Life Insurance ACLI Chairman John Pearson stated: Our products must do what we say they do. Our companies must fulfill their promises. All the words in the world – the best government relations, the best public relations-will not be enough…

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