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Root Cause FSB As we began researching this problem, two questions became central. What criteria should we use to evaluate suggested changes and alternatives? What is the root cause of current problems, and why have previous corrective efforts been so unsuccessful? As research continued, at some point we started to focus on the uses of life…

Tipping Point Dear Editor: Life Insurance Sales Illustrations – A Call to Action We have reached the stage where a life insurance sales illustration is hardly worth the paper it is printed on. Yet thousands of agents are confidently presenting these illustrations to frequently unsuspecting clients. I have yet to discuss this issue with anyone…

Long-term As a liability-driven business, insurance often has long-term cash-flow patterns compared to shorter-term activities at banks. Consequently, current law fails, I believe, to adequately account for the business model and risk profile of insurance companies, and that should concern us all. (p1) — Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) 2015 0428 – GOV (Senate) – The…

Moratorium Moratorium Stay Contractual State Courts (p16) – Willis B. Howard, Jr., NOLHGA – National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations: I’d like to respond briefly to my honorable friend, Commissioner Bartlett. Dwight, the guarantee association system works, and it works well. Dwight K. Bartlett III, Maryland Insurance Commissioner: Are you going to tell…

Misconduct Widespread misconduct in the financial sector on a broad scale creates mistrust, weakening the ability of markets to allocate capital to the real economy. This in turn may give rise to systemic risks, which is why addressing misconduct is part of the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) work programme. Recent instances of misconduct have included…

Bankassurance 21 There are various definitions of bankassurance. By focusing on production, a bankassurer can be defined as a financial group or conglomerate that includes both bank credit origination and insurance underwriting. But bankassurance can be limited to distribution agreements only in which a bank merely distributes third-party insurance products in a contractual agreement with…

Insurable Interest The notion of insurable interest dates back to the Middle Ages and it was English common law until the Life Assurance Act of 1774. In that Act the Parliament of Great Britain sought to prevent the abuse of life insurance and differentiate it from gambling or purely speculative behaviour. It specifically “prohibited the…

CDS Spreads 2018 – JIR – CDS Spreads, Systemic Risk and Global Systemically Important Insurers Designations – 41p Geithner: Trial Tr. 1407:21 – 1408:9 (Geithner explaining that the CDS spread is an indication of the market’s perception of AIG’s default risk)).

Valuation and Non-forfeiture Nonforfeiture Second Standard Nonforfeiture Law – NAIC Standard Non-Forfeiture Law – SNFL Valuation Standard Valuation Law – SVL Valuation Actuary 1987 – SOA – Valuation Actuary Handbook – VAH 1987 – SOA – Valuation Actuary Handbook – VAH871 – Chapter 1 – Insurance Company Statutory Valuation, Society of Actuaries – 34p Valuation…

Overfund (p5-7) – Section 2 – Introduction and Background The ultimate goal of this report is to raise awareness regarding the questionable sale of complex insurance products (overfunded UL insurance in particular) in specific circumstances, and to commence a broader discussion regarding specific actions that can be taken to increase adherence to FTC/ICP 19 and to…