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- the safeguarding of consumer interests in terms of quality, price, and safety, usually within a statutory framework. The growing purchasing power of consumers and the rise in consumerism from the...
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- Spitzer probe draws Feds' attention: Congress asks CIAB for info on insurance brokerage industry operations.(D.C. Responds)(Council of Insurance Agents)
- CONGRESS MAY BE PREOCCUPIED with Election Day politics, but those on Capitol Hill considering federal regulation of insurance were not too busy campaigning to notice New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's explosive charges of insurance brokerage p CONGRESS MAY BE PREOCCUPIED with Election Day politics, but...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- AIA backs federal role. (American Insurance Association).(Letter)(Letter to the Editor)
- To THE EDITOR: In a Nov. 3 letter to National Underwriter ("Say No To Federal Regs, NAIC President Contends"), National Association of Insurance Commissioners President and Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens ponders why momentu To THE EDITOR: In a Nov....
- Research articles 2003-12-22
- PIA, AIA reconsider stand on bank-ins. affiliations.(National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, American Insurance Association)
- WASHINGTON - The American Insurance Association, is expected to formally adopt a new position on banking and insurance that supports affiliations subject to clearly defined functional regulation. David Pratt, senior vice president of federal affa WASHINGTON - The American Insurance Association, is...
- Research articles 1997-02-10
- Consumer protection must be preeminent in debate over bank-insurance sales.(Editorial)
- As the behemoths of banking and insurance battle it out in Congress to determine the future of financial services reform, the argument should focus on the best interests of consumers. With that in mind, Congress should pay careful attention to th As...
- Research articles 1997-06-23
- Insurance Sales Disclosure and Consumer Protection
- This paper summarizes the regulation and provides some insights into its implementation. The regulation was mandated by the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBA, which not only expanded the insurance powers of bank holding companies and national banks, but also directed the federal banking agencies (OCC, Fed, FDIC, and OTS) to issue...
- White papers 2004-10-01
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- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Should Bank CEOs Direct Employees to Scuttle Consumer Protection Agency?
- It's no secret that the American Bankers Association wants to torpedo the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Now the group also wants bank leaders to dragoon employees into opposing it. Says the ABA, the industry's leading trade organization, in an August 21 entry in the "What's News" section of...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Consumer Protection 'Double Standard' Hit.(Health Insurance Association of America and Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans)
- Two major organizations engaged in the managed care reform debate joined together last week to blast the "double standard" they see in the "so-called consumer protection" legislation being considered by Congress. Leaders of the Health Insurance Association of America and the Association of Private Pension...
- Research articles 1998-06-22
- The Public Option And Insurance Exchange In The House Bill
- In my first post, I described the major features and basic approach of HR 3962, as well as the provisions of the bill that would go into effect more or less immediately. This post will look more closely at some of the bill's basic insurance reform elements. In a final...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Consumer group, independent insurance agents form alliance
- WASHINGTON -- As a key lawmaker molds legislation to let banks, brokerages and insurers get into each other's businesses, a consumer group and independent insurance agents have forged an unusual alliance to demand consumer protection. The push for a banking overhaul bill entered a crucial phase Monday as...
- Research articles 1997-06-12
- White Paper on Bankruptcy and Insurance
- In late April of the year 2005, Congress passed and the President signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Proponents of the Act said it would help deter fraud; opponents said it would disproportionately impact the unemployed and those with heavy medical debts. Issues involving bankruptcy...
- White papers 2005-07-21
- Public Still Doesn't Like Insurance Mandate
- Less than 15 percent of registered voters support, and 53 percent oppose requiring every American to provide proof of private health insurance or face tax penalties or other fines, according to a new poll by Consumer Watchdog, a consumer protection group that has been active since 1985. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- GAO urges federal standards for LTC insurance. (General Accounting Office, long-term care)
- The Senate Finance Medicare and Long-Term Care Subcommittee has heard testimony concerning the adoption of consumer protection standards for long-term care insurance. The General Accounting Office favored the inclusion of National Association of InsuranceThe Senate Finance Medicare and Long-Term Care Subcommittee has heard testimony concerning the adoption of consumer protection...
- Research articles 1992-07-06
- US sees big banks largely funding consumer agency
- Reuters WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is proposing to fund the enhanced policing of financial firms by levying fees on the largest banks, while sparing community banks from increased costs, a Treasury official has said. The biggest banks and financial firms that do not fall under direct federal supervision will...
- News items 2009-08-14
- Insurance weighs heavily on agenda of House Financial Services panel. (Congress).
- The House Financial Services Committee plans an aggressive insurance-related agenda during the 108th Congress, including examination of state regulation, product approval and consumer protection. The House Financial Services Committee plans an aggressive insurance-related agenda during the 108th Congress, including examination of state...
- Research articles 2003-02-10
- Household Life Cycle Protection: Life Insurance Holdings, Financial Vulnerability and Portfolio Implications
- Using the survey of consumer finances this paper examines the life cycle demand for different types of life insurance. Specifically we test for the consumer's avoidance of household income volatility through the purchases of life insurance. The paper first develops a financial vulnerability index to control for the risk to...
- White papers 2002-08-04
- Insurance Regulator Says 'No' to Playing Fast and Loose
- The perennial joke about the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is that its acronym NAIC stands for "No Action Is Contemplated." But if anything can rouse these sleepy state commissioners, it's the threat of a federal insurance regulator taking over their turf and making them redundant. And...
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Yahoo Adds New Privacy Tool for Users, Just as FTC Privacy Hearings Start Today (and MicroHoo Regulatory Approval Is Pending) [BoomTown]
- Yahoo announced a new consumer tool this morning, called "Ad Interest Manager." BoomTown is going to ignore the could-it-be-duller name for the feature, which–Yahoo YHOO said in a press release you can see below–gives users a "central place where Yahoo! visitors can see a concise summary of their online activity...
- News items 2009-12-07
- Regulators clash over assumption re. (reinsurance)
- Two state insurance commissioners disagreed over the issue of assumption reinsurance re regulation while testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee considering draft legislation. Texas Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Hunter testified that federal regulation was needed to prevent assumption re abuses and provide adequate consumer protection. Virginia Insurance Commissioner Steven T....
- Research articles 1994-05-30
- Consumer Groups Slam Behavioral Tracking
- A group of ten consumer groups on Tuesday called on Congress to enact meaningful privacy legislation, and slammed industry efforts as totally inadequate. The groups are most concerned about behavioral tracking, a technique used by Internet companies to serve up more targeted ads or results based on your Web browsing...
- News items 2009-09-02
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