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Monday, August 31, 2015

No. 114: AIG's War Against Coventry and the Buergers Goes to Trial

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In No. 67 (posted September 16, 2014) entitled "AIG Declares War against Coventry and the Buergers," I discussed a lawsuit by Lav...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

No. 113: Consulting Physicians—Their Role in Denying Disability Insurance Claims

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In the June 2010 issue of The Insurance Forum , in an article entitled "How a Medical Reviewer Helped Reliance Standard Deny Disability...
Monday, August 10, 2015

No. 112: Shadow Insurance—Confidential Documents Dated 2003 Are Now in the Public Domain

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Readers of this blog know I have been trying without success to obtain documents associated with shadow insurance transactions between insur...
Monday, August 3, 2015

No. 111: Shadow Insurance—A Legal Setback in the Struggle against the Life Insurance Shell Game

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On July 21, 2015, U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman issued an Opinion and Order dismissing for lack of jurisdiction a class action lawsui...
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...