Regulatory
Q: Are Life Insurance Policies Being Sold For a Death Benefit or an Investment Vehicle?
Q: Are Life Insurance Policies Being Sold For a Death Benefit or an Investment Vehicle? Life Insurance as an Investment LIRP/ SLIRP – Life Insurance Retirement Plan LIRP – Life Insurance Retirement Plan – Index MetLife 1990s FSOC I didn’t buy a Life Insurance Policy SOA – Looks like an Annuity Walker vs.…
Read More2009 1231 – Missouri – Examination Report of AGC Life Insurance Company – AIG
2009 1231 – Examination Report of AGC Life Insurance Company – Missouri 2009 1231 – Missouri – Examination Report of AIG – AGC Life Insurance Company — [BonkNote] — 25p Filed 2011 0520 The current full scope financial examination covers the period from January l, 2007, through December 31, 2009 John Huff, Commissioner (p2/6) – AGC…
Read MoreQ: Did Insurance Regulators tell AIG to Wind-Down their Securities Lending Business?
Q: Did Insurance Regulators tell AIG to Wind-Down their Securities Lending Business? This regulator said it began discussions with the company about securities lending in 2006. ⇒ AIG told us it was unaware of the regulator’s concerns. (p15) 2011 09 – GAO – Review of Federal Reserve System Financial Assistance to American International Group, Inc…
Read MoreMortality Tables
Mortality Tables The mortality table is the instrument by means of which are measured the probabilities of death and survival. 1940-Supplement NAIC Proceedings 1919 – Book – Sources and characteristics of the principal mortality tables, by Henry Moir – 98p The Actuarial Society of America It should be remembered that the CET Table was prepared to…
Read MoreICS – Insurance Capital Standards – IAIS
ICS – Insurance Capital Standards – IAIS 2015 – IAIS – IAIS Capital-related Stakeholder Meeting – 83p Feedback from 2014 field testing Mainly concerns with volatility and harm to the long term nature of insurance business Additional feedback received from industry Long duration discount rates should not be extrapolated from extremely limited tenors Use more stable…
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Basel bis.org/basel_framework/ 2011 06 – Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems, December 2010 (rev June 2011) – 77p This standard has been integrated into the consolidated Basel Framework: bis.org/basel_framework/
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ERM – Enterprise Risk Management 2010 – SOA – Did Enterprise Risk Management Really Work? – The Case of Lincoln Financial Corporation, Scott Engle, Presented at 2010 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, Society of Actuaries – 18p 2013 – SOA – ERM-ILA Model Solutions, Fall 2013, Society of Acuaries – 38p Learning Objectives: 2. The candidate will…
Read MoreAIG – Securities Lending – Insurance Regulators
AIG – Securities Lending – Insurance Regulators Q: Did Insurance Regulators tell AIG to Wind-Down their Securities Lending Business? (18) – Baxter: When you look at what happened with AIG’s securities borrowing program, in a nutshell, AIG’s insurance companies held Treasury securities, which they lent out for cash. Then they used that cash to buy…
Read MoreDOL – Fiduciary Rule
DOL – Fiduciary Rule DOL – Definition of the Term “Fiduciary” Proposed Rule – Historical Information – dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/laws-and-regulations/rules-and-regulations/public-comments/1210-AB32 regulations.gov/search?filter=%22fiduciary%20rule%22 Conflict of Interest Rule Sutherland – List of Links – dolfiduciaryrule.com/ 2023 1110 – ThinkAdvisor – The 2 Biggest Fights Brewing Over DOL’s New Fiduciary Rule, By Melanie Waddell – [link] This aspect of the new rule…
Read MoreTwisting
Twisting Churning Replacements We have all heard some talk about twisting, and it has strong negative connotations. Universal Life, mainly because of its premium flexibility, has changed that. I recently heard one of our marketing people refer to replacement of old traditional permanent policies with Universal Life. He called it “The Enlightened Liberation of Assets”.…
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