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Can’t Say – Examples A major problem that must be overcome with such monitoring systems is that of avoiding the self-fulfilling prophecy. A monitoring system that identifies high-risk behavior can actually trigger the bad luck required to actually send a company under. For instance, a system that identifies a life insurer as having high potential…

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AIG – Bonk – Can’t Say – Insurance Companies Ring-Fencing Solvency / Insolvency Separate AIGFP and Insurance Companies Entities / People could just go out and get new Insurance Companies usually go into Bankruptcy, and still continue business AIG Haircut vs Monoline Paulson – EESA – Buy toxic assets vs Inject Capital Money to Banks…

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Recent Finds Schumer, IndyMac <WishList> – Letters 1979 1127 / 1980 0303, 0306 and 0501, 0522 – GOV (House) – Confidentiality of Insurance Records, Richardson Preyer (D-NC) Insurance Records Hearings [PDF-689p-GooglePlay] (p1) – Richardson PREYER (D-NC) – Today the subcommittee begins hearings on the administration’s Fair Insurance Information Practices Act. The bill sets uniform nationwide…

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Archive.org – 2023 2007 – House – Committee on Financial Services 2007 0315 – H – LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED ENTERPRISE (GSE) REFORM 2007 0425 – H – H.R. 698, THE INDUSTRIAL BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 2007 2007 0426 – H – CREDIT CARD PRACTICES: CURRENT CONSUMER AND REGULATORY 2007 0613 – H…

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Information to Ask For – BonkNote Roddy Boyd 2015 0122 – The Foundation for Financial Journalism – The Past Imperfect: Mr. Neuger and Mr. Fitzmaurice Would Like Your Money, Again, by Roddy Boyd – [link] In the aftermath of AIG’s bailout, Neuger was interviewed several times by congressional officials and federal regulators examining AIG’s role…

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Letter – ACLI 2019 0917 – LIIIWG – Life Insurance Illustrations Issues Working Group – NAIC – Proceedings (Fall, 6-77) – Cost of Insurance – [BonkNote] Richard Wicka (Chair – WI): This is probably more for the Universal Life Products, but how do we want to capture the concepts like Cost of Insurance and other fees in…

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Bonk – Different Knowledge Bases Derivatives – 2015 1208 – GOV (House) – Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council [PDF-146p, VIDEO-YouTube] (p60-62) Debbie Matz, Chairwoman, National Credit Union Administration David Schweikert – (R-AZ). (p62) – David Schweikert – (R-AZ).  I will give this one to you in writing because we are talking past each other because…

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1919 – INDIVIDUAL RESERVES IN LIFE INSURANCE, By H. W. BUTTOLPH 1919 – The Record, Volumes 7-8, By American Institute of Actuaries – 649p (GooglePlay) MR. FAIRLIE: I have read with a great deal of interest Mr. Buttolph’s paper on ” Individual Reserves in Life Insurance.” With much of what he says I am in…

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