Press Media Media – Index Press Releases Financial regulators did not identify the problems occurring with sales to military members until they were brought to light by press reports for various reasons.  (p11) 2005 11 – GAO – Financial Product Sales: Actions Needed to Better Protect Military Members, Government Accountability Office – 88p Linda M.…

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Problem – Company 1949 – SOA – Some Actuarial Observations on Agency Management Problems, by Charles F. B. Richardson, Society of Actuaries – 46p 1977 – SOA – Effective Product Management, Society of Actuaries – 12p Mr. Montgomery asked how companies would control brokers who were selling insurance. 1994-3, NAIC Proceedings Mr. Wright said the Society…

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Bonk – 2022 06 2015 0329 – NAIC – LIAC, Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee Appointed a New Working Group to Revise the Life Insurance Buyer’s Guide. Ms. Matthews said the Committee has a 2015 charge to review and consider revisions to the Life Insurance Buyer’s Guide (Buyer’s Guide) in conjunction with the Life…

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Maybe the Federal Reserve Knows Something….maybe not 1980s  Paul Volcker – (Federal Reserve Chairman, 1979-1987) 1990s Alan Greenspan – (Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987–2006) 2010s 2010 0127 – GOV (House) – The Federal Bailout AIG  – [PDF-652p] Panel 1 – Geithner – [Video-YouTube] – They had no idea 2010 0430 – FCIC memo of staff interview with Sarah…

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Senators Sherrod Brown – (D-OH) Chris Dodd Byron Dorgan Jake Garn – (R-UT) Philip Hart – (Senator – D – MI) Howard Metzenbaum – (D-OH) Jack Reed – (D-RI) Richard Shelby – (R-AL) Elizabeth Warren – (D-MA) Strom Thurmond media.clemson.edu/library/special_collections/findingaids/thurmond/Mss100Thurmond_21_JudiciaryComm.pdf

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Can’t Say A judge has ordered The Twin Falls Times News to pay $1.9 million in libel damages after it refused to disclose its sources for articles that an insurance company said ruined its business. 1978 0406 – NYT – $1.9 Million Payment Ordered in Libel Case – [link] 2007 0722 – WSJ – U.S. Regulators Shut Down…

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Mutual Benefit Life Mutual Benefit Life → MBL Life Assurance Corporation → SunAmerica → American International Group (AIG) Alan J. Bowers Palmieri and Company John A. Koskinen, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget – [link] … successfully restructured Baldwin-United Corporation, a large diversified financial services company;  … rehabilitated Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company,…

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Premiums and Benefits – Congress I think any way that we can make illustrations more understandable to the public is certainly going to help us. We’ve seen the problems that have occurred when Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) was given an illustration with a vanishing premium, and he had absolutely no idea that he had bought…

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2021 1107 It’s very possible to have a 25-year term with zero cash value, using a UL product. —  Lawrence Silkes 1990 – Life Product Development Update, Society of Actuaries – 20p Questions – 2021 11 What is a Supplemental Illustration? (BB, Wicka, Donna Wicka – More Complicated products would need more pages.) – 2018/10/9-  LIIIWG -…

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NALU – National Association of Life Underwriters, cka NAIFA NALU – National Association of Life Underwriters Currently known as NAIFA (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) William Albus Thomas Gregg Robert Nelson Alan Press Carney Smith Mel G. Todd 1993 0525 –  GOV (Senate) – When Will Policyholders Be Given The Truth About Life…

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