Montana Max Baucus – (D-MT) 1978 -2014 – US Senator 1988 0325 – GOV (Senate) – Tax Treatment of Single-Premium Life Insurance, (CSPAN) Single Premium Life Insurance, Max Baucus, (D-MT)  —  [BonkNote] 2007-2014 – Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, January 4, 2007 – February 6, 2014 Jon Tester – (D-MT) 2007-Current (as of 2023) -…

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Oklahoma Parry Ballard ?-1913 – Former Insurance Commissioner In 2004, Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher resigned from office after being charged with embezzlement and perjury. He wasn’t the first Okie insurance commissioner to be removed from office. That honor goes to Parry Ballard, back in 1913. tahlequahdailypress.com/opinion/columns/column-epic-scandal-falls-in-line-with-other-oklahoma-scandals/// John Doak 2011-2019 – Former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher…

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Tennessee Bob CORKER (R-TN) 2007- 2019 – US Senate 2009 0317 – GOV (Senate) – Perspectives on Modernizing Insurance Regulation, Chris Dodd (D-CT)  —  [BonkNote] (p33) – Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) – You know, there are very few complaints. I mean, life insurance is not what drives complaints at your State Insurance Commissioner’s officer, really, is it? It…

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Arizona John McCain – (R-AZ) 1987-2018 – US Senate 1983-1987 – US House David Schweikert – (R-AZ) 2011-2023 – Current (as of 2023) – US House Ways and Means Committee – Member U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee – Senior House Republican Member 2015 1208 – GOV (House) – Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council…

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Massachusetts Barney Frank – (D-MA) 1981-2013 – US House Dodd-Frank Act Katherine Doughty ?-1991-? –  1997 1216 – In the Matter of Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts, Inc., Organization: State Ethics Commission, Docket Number 528 – [link] 93. In early 1992, LIAM representatives believed that Doughty was “not paying careful attention” to the management aspects of…

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South Dakota Tim Johnson – (D-SD) 1979-1987 – State Legislature 1987-1997 – US House 1997-2015 – US Senator Mike Rounds – (R-SD) 1991-2001 – South Dakota Senate 2003-2011 – governor of South Dakota  2015-Current – (as of 2022) – US Senate Banking Committee fischerrounds.com/about-us/history Peter Norbeck – (R-SD) 1921-1936 – US Senate 1932 0323 to…

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Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye – (D-HI) – 1963-2012 1983 1007 – Senator Daniel Inouye (Delivered by Alvey Wright) – Speech to Honolulu Association of Life Underwriters – 16p Although I would have preferred to discuss other matters of concern to us all, your invitation has requested that I discuss important Life Insurance issues that are pending…

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Maine 1871 – Albert W. Paine – Maine Superintendent of Insurance 1871-1, NAIC Proceedings (National Insurance Convention) (p13 / 44) – We are here as a grand jury of inquest on the insurance body—not for indictment, but to find the best system for practice, and I feel that we want the utmost information that we…

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Rhode Island Thomas J. Caldarone Insurance Department VIce-Chair – Manipulation, Lapsation, Dividend Practices and Annuity Disclosure Task Force – NAIC Matt Gendron Insurance Department LIBGWG – Life Insurance Buyer’s Guide Working Group – NAIC Jack Reed – (D-RI) 1996-Current (as of 2023) – US Senator 2011 0914 – GOV (Senate-Banking/SII) – Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation, Senator…

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Michigan John Dingell – (D-MI) 1955-2015 – US House Homer Ferguson – (R-MI) 1943-1955 – US Senator McCarran-Ferguson Philip Hart – (D-MI) 1959-1976 – US Senator Carl Levin (D·MI) 1979 to 2015 – US Senator 2001-2003 and 2007-2015 – Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senate – Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – 2008 Financial…

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