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Friday, July 17, 2015

No. 110: Aviva, Guggenheim, Allegations of Phony Reinsurance, and a Strange Coincidence

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In No. 107 posted June 30, 2015, I wrote about a federal class action lawsuit filed on June 12 against Aviva, Athene, and Apollo alleging p...
Monday, July 13, 2015

No. 109: Iowa's Frightening Accounting Rules—An Update

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In Nos. 71, 72, and 73 posted November 6, 12, and 19, 2014, I discussed Iowa's frightening accounting rules. Iowa statutes allow for li...
Monday, July 6, 2015

No. 108: Guardian Life's Rectification of an Unsuitable Rollover—An Update

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In No. 104R posted June 22, 2015, I discussed an unsuitable rollover of a client's retirement accumulation at College Retirement Equitie...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

No. 107: Aviva, Athene, and Apollo Are Defendants in a RICO Lawsuit about Alleged Phony Reinsurance

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On June 12, 2015, eight plaintiffs' attorneys filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of two individuals who purchased Aviva annu...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

No. 106: Hank Greenberg's Pyrrhic Victory over the U.S. Government

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On June 15, 2015, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims handed down an Opinion and Order ("Opinion") in a l...
Monday, June 22, 2015

No. 104R: Guardian Life Rectifies an Unsuitable Rollover (revised)

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[ Note:  In this revision, Scott Witt is correctly identified as a fee-only insurance advisor. In the original version, I identified him as...
Friday, June 19, 2015

No. 105: Phoenix Changes Its Independent Auditor

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On June 11, 2015, Phoenix Companies, Inc. filed an 8-K (material event) report disclosing that it changed its independent registered public ...