Scott Harrington

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
scottharringtonphd.com/

1990s

1991 – AP – Should the Feds Regulate Insurance Company Solvency?, by Scott E. Harrington – 9p
1992 – AP – Policyholder Runs, Life Insurance Company Failures, and Insurance Solvency Regulation, by Scott E. Harrington, 5 Cato Rev Bus & Govt 27, 27 – 11p

2000s

2006 0718 – GOV (Senate) – Perspectives on Insurance Regulation, Wayne Allard (R-CO) — [BonkNote]
- [PDF-58p, VIDEO-Senate-error]
- Academic – Scott E. Harrington, Ph.D., Alan B. Miller Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Senate – Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
2009 – AP – The Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, and the Future of Insurance Regulation, by Scott E. Harrington – 37p
- 2009 – AP – The Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, and The Future of Insurance Regulation, by Scott E. Harrington, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 76, No. 4, 785-819 – Synopsis by John Seigfreid – 3p
2009 09 – A Public Policy Paper of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, by Scott E. Harrington – 36p
- (identifying the insurance companies that applied for and received TARP funds, and noting the availability of ad hoc modifications)
- A number of insurance companies have sought and received permission in some states to modify financial reporting to improve their reported capital.⁶
- Six insurers applied for and were authorized to receive TARP funds.
  - Four of them (Allstate, Ameriprise Financial, Principal Financial, and Prudential Financial) subsequently declined to receive the funds.
  - Hartford Financial received $3.4 billion; Lincoln Financial received $950 million.
  - Another major life insurer, Met Life, declined to seek TARP funding.
  - Genworth Financial applied for but was denied funding.
  - Apart from AIG, the insurance sector has represented a negligible amount of TARP funding and other federal assistance (see below).