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Monday, July 30, 2018

No. 279: MetLife's Lost Pensioners—Two New Developments

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On December 15, 2017, MetLife, Inc. filed an 8-K (significant event) report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning wha...
Monday, July 23, 2018

No. 278: Jon Meacham's New Book—A Priceless Gem

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Jon Meacham is an American historian whose previous books include treatises about Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, George Herbert Walker B...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

No. 277: The Age 100 Problem—Results of a Survey

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My most recent discussion of "the age 100 problem" was in No. 269 (June 6, 2018). There I provided an update on a lawsuit filed i...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

No. 276: The New York Department's Attack on Reinsurance Arrangements at William Penn Life of New York

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On May 3, 2018, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a press release announcing a consent order directed at Will...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

No. 275: Athene, the New York Department, and the Victimization of Life Insurance Policyholders

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On June 28, 2018, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a press release announcing an extraordinary regulatory ac...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

No. 274: The Phoenix-Wisconsin Settlement of a Long Dispute Over Cost-of-Insurance Increases

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During and after the 2004-2007 heyday of stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI), PHL Variable Life Insurance Company and its affiliates...
Monday, June 25, 2018

No. 273: Trump and His Latest Atrocity

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For almost 60 years I have focused in my writings on matters of concern to persons with a professional or consumer interest in insurance. I ...