Journalists

  • Jack Anderson 
  • Webb report, wisconsin, hart
  • Roddy Boyd
  • Scott Burns
  • Diana B. Henriques - NYT - New York Times
    • Military Sales of Life Insurance
  • Larry Kramer - Washington Post
  • Michael Lewis
  • Gretchen Morgenson - NYT - New York Times
    • AIG
  • Ellen Joan Pollock - NYT - New York Times
    • Former editor of Bloomberg Businessweek
    • Book - The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History''
      • Booknotes - The Pretender: Martin Frankel, by Ellen Polluck - [VIDEO-CSPAN]
  • Sylvia Porter
  • Jane Bryant Quinn
  • Michael Quint - NYT - New York Times
    • 1980s - ~RMBS, monolines
    • 1990s - Prudential, MetLife
  • Mary Rowland - NYT - New York Times
  • Leslie Scism - WSJ - Wall Street Journal
  • Leonard Sloan - NYT - New York Times
    • 1970s, 1980s, 1990s: Universal Life
  • Andrew Ross Sorkin - NYT - New York Times
    • 2008 Financial Crisis
  • IF Stone
  • Matt Taibbi
  • Gillian Tett - Financial Times
  • Joseph B. Treaster - NYT - New York Times
    • 1990s: MetLife,  Prudential
  • Mary Williams Walsh - NYT - New York Times
  • Meredith Whitney
  • Bob Woodward
    • 1972 0724 - Federal Register - [38p]
    • William L. HUNGATE (D-MO-House): Mr. Speaker, the State of Pennsylvania is taking what may be a leader's role in analyzing State insurance problems.
      • The following article should be of interest to all who purchase life insurance:
      • A national shopper's guide for life insurance shows that some major companies charge more than twice as much as others for similar policies, and that some of the best known firms charge the most for coverage.
      • NP - Variation in Surety Cost Charges Can Double From Firm to Firm, By Bob Woodward
        • A national shopper's guide for life insurance shows that some major companies charge more than twice as much as others for similar policies, and that some of the best known firms charge the most for coverage.
        • Among the life insurance firms doing business in the Washington area, for example, average annual cost for the same $10,000 straight life policy from Connecticut Mutual Life is $22.40 compared to $53.10 a year from Travelers Insurance Co.
          • This means that over 20 years it takes to pay off such a policy, the Counnecticut Mutual subscriber would pay $448, compared to $1,062 paid by a subscriber of Travelers. (p25109)