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NAIC Approves Annuity and SOX Models
By Jim ConnollyThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted new versions of its suitability model for annuities and a model audit rule designed to strengthen corporate ...
June 12, 2006
NAIC Puts Off Hybrid Securities Verdict (Updated)Failing to decide on whether hybrid securities are debt or equity would cause investors to shy away from the insurance sector and could jeopardize some ...
June 12, 2006
"Toxic" VAs Need Careful Reserving: RegulatorEven as one regulator called variable annuities "toxic products," industry representatives were saying the current draft actuarial guideline creates reserves that are redundant and too ...
June 11, 2006
SingleSourcing-Local Outsourcing For Fun And ProfitConsider the following scenario: John Smith starts working for a large life insurance agency in Oakland, Calif. After a few years, he describes his specialty ...
June 11, 2006
SingleSourcing-Local Outsourcing For Fun And ProfitConsider the following scenario: John Smith starts working for a large life insurance agency in Oakland, Calif. After a few years, he describes his specialty ...
June 09, 2006
Fight Vowed If Settlement Halt AdvancesA prominent figure in the life settlements industry promised a "frontal assault" if regulators place a moratorium on the ability to settle a life insurance ...
June 09, 2006
N.H. Bureau Files Against INGThe New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation has charged two U.S. units of ING Groep with disclosing too little information about the company's mutual fund ...
June 05, 2006
Texas Expands Health Program AccessThe Lone Star State has received permission from the federal government to let more pregnant women into its State Children's Health Insurance Program.The U.S. Department ...