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Registered Rep. March 6, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies.  |
Insurance & Technology March 17, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Banking Committee Hears Divergent Testimony from P&C, Life Industry Representatives Frank Keating of the American Council of Life Insurers argued the need for a federal insurance regulator, while John T. Hill of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said his organization supported a reformed state-based system.  |
Investment Advisor July 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy?  |
Insurance & Technology April 21, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell |
NAIC Meeting's Emphasis on Solvency Will Drive Insurance IT Spend The NAIC's Solvency Modernization Initiative will drive regulation that supports global regulatory transparency and necessitate risk management and reporting technology modernization, according to Deloitte.  |
Insurance & Technology July 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
Modernization Boosts Speed to Market The more states that opt into the NAIC's Interstate Insurance Product Regulations Compact, the better off carriers will be.  |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
The Cost Issue The medical loss ratio is a key point when regulators look at how companies define costs.  |
Investment Advisor September 2006 |
Insurance Streamlining Insurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty and reinsurance regulations.  |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Implementing Healthcare NAIC is closely watching the reform debate to see how it will affect insurers and insured.  |
Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable.  |
Insurance & Technology May 3, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders.  |
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
Tech Could Assist State-Based Reform Acknowledging that legacy technologies are not the only antiquated systems in insurance, carriers, trade associations and commissioners are aggressively approaching the regulatory reform of the insurance industry  |
Managed Care June 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein |
Health Plans, Insurers Unsure About Likely Effect of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Insurers and financial institutions are flooding customers' mailboxes about their rights to protect medical and financial information under what's better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. But just how GLB will affect health plans isn't totally clear...  |
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Mike McNamee |
Watchdogs With Eyes Wide Shut As investigators pore over the books of AIG, it's becoming clear that for years regulators failed to detect lapses in the insurance industry.  |
Insurance & Technology August 19, 2004 |
Scoring Discrepency Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) opposes National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) recommendations on use of credit scores.  |
Insurance & Technology November 28, 2005 Maria Woehr |
Going SERFFing The System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing may provide a possible solution to reforming the current insurance regulatory system.  |
Investment Advisor June 2007 |
ACLI Responds To New York Times On Long-Term Care Insurance American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Frank Keating made the following statement in response to the March 26 New York Times article "Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers."  |
Insurance & Technology July 25, 2005 Katherine Burger |
A Matter of Time Federal regulation of the U.S. insurance industry is coming - maybe not this year, or even for a few years, but it is inevitable.  |
Insurance & Technology February 9, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
Associations' Priorities Run the Gamut Insurance industry associations will seek to influence public policy and enforce technological efficiency in 2004.  |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: What You Need to Know, Now As Washington becomes the hub of finance, advisors must stay tuned in  |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Classroom or Courtroom? After a series of high-profile actions in his position as New York's top insurance regulator Eric Dinallo is leaving the job at the New York State Insurance Department.  |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Elizabeth Festa |
B/d Briefing: Regulating Annuity Sales The NASD is taking steps to assess oversight of the sales of all types of annuities by the patchwork quilt of regulatory agencies overseeing the products and move toward a level playing field of regulation without formulating any new rulemaking of its own.  |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Changing Climate How National Association of Insurance Commissioners will address climate change in public policy depends on what happens at the federal level.  |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Telling All? Now that climate change seems to be on everyone's lips, the talk in the insurance industry is getting hot about disclosure.  |
Entrepreneur August 2005 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Faking It Fake health insurance policies are being sold to individuals and small businesses. Is your health policy legit?  |
Insurance & Technology June 14, 2005 |
Contract News: RMHP Selects FCG, and more RMHP Selects FCG... LG Chooses Insurity... Vanguard Selects Duck Creek... Sircon Signs Citizens... NAIC Taps Ubmatrix...  |
This Old House November 2007 Deena Bustillo |
Are You Sure You're Insured? Many people are shocked by the mishaps their insurance policies don't cover.  |
Insurance & Technology November 22, 2007 David West |
The Three R's Will Drive Carriers' Fates in 2008 The manner in which carriers respond to risk, revenue and regulation in 2008 will determine their fates in 2009 and beyond.  |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Changing of the Guard Catherine Weatherford, long-time executive vice president and CEO, will be leaving her post after the 2008 Fall National meeting.  |