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Monday, January 25, 2016

No. 140: Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Insurance Company Letters to Her about Annuity Sales Incentives

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On April 28, 2015, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Policy of the Committee on Banki...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

No. 139: Stephen Hilbert Returns to the Insurance Business

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On January 7, 2016, BestDay carried an article entitled "Former Conseco CEO Hilbert Makes Return to Life Insurance Business as CEO of ...
Monday, January 11, 2016

No. 138: The Life Partners Bankruptcy and an Offer from ASM Capital to Investors with Matured Fractional Interests

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Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (LPHI) is the parent of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI), which was a participant in the secondary market for life in...
Monday, January 4, 2016

No. 137: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Business of Insurance

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 provided for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

No. 136: Ben Bernanke's Fascinating Memoir

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Ben Bernanke chaired the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, a period that encompassed the Great Recession of 2007-2009. He has written a fa...
Monday, December 28, 2015

No. 135: The Office of Financial Research in the U.S. Department of the Treasury Issues Its First Financial Stability Report

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In 2010, in response to the Great Recession of 2007-2009, Congress enacted The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. T...
Monday, December 21, 2015

134: Federal Criminal Charges Result in the Sentencing of an Insurance Executive to 37 Years in Prison

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On December 10, 2015, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Jeffrey Brian Cohen (Reisterstown, MD) to 37 years in prison on...