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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

No. 102: Life Partners—The Chapter 11 Trustee Lowers the Boom

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On May 20, 2015, H. Thomas Moran II, the Chapter 11 Trustee in the bankruptcy case of Life Partners Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (col...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

No. 101: Life Partners and the Texas Supreme Court

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On May 8, 2015, in a landmark opinion delivered by Justice Jeffrey S. Boyd, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the life settlement agreemen...
Monday, May 11, 2015

No. 100: Shadow Insurance—A Chronology of What May Become the Worst Financial Scandal in the History of the Life Insurance Business

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"Shadow insurance" usually refers to reinsurance used to weaken (reduce) life insurance reserves, which are liabilities that measu...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

No. 99: Actuarial Ethics—The American Academy of Actuaries Releases a Significant and Timely Report

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On April 27, 2015, the American Academy of Actuaries announced release of a 31-page report entitled "Key Ethical Concerns Facing the A...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

No. 98: Life Partners and the Improvement of the Bankruptcy Trustee's Website

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In No. 95 posted April 27, I discussed the inadequacy of the website established by H. Thomas Moran II, the Chapter 11 Trustee in the bankr...
Monday, May 4, 2015

No. 97: Senator Elizabeth Warren Investigates Annuity Sales Incentives

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On April 28, 2015, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a five-page letter to the chief executive officer of each of 15 major issuers o...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

No. 96: STOLI and the Bazemore Criminal Case

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On April 21, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down a unanimous ruling in a criminal case agains...