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Issue |
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Auto Insurance |
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Progressive: What Happened? |
Brian Sullivan |
11/00 |
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Autograph Technology Allows Insurers to Accurately Track Usage |
Wayne Cotter |
11/00 |
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Third-Party Loss Evaluators Drawing More Scrutiny |
Scott Hoober |
1/01 |
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Warren Buffett: I Was Wrong |
Wayne Cotter |
5/01 |
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Georgia Auto Insurers Grapple with New "Diminished Value" Rules (also see letter in May 2002 issue) |
Dave Hurst & Wayne Cotter |
3/02 |
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Credit Scoring Raising Hackles, But Will Regulators Lower the Boom? |
Scott Hoober |
9/02 |
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Auto Insurance in Crisis? Maybe . . . and Maybe Not |
Scott Hoober |
11/02 |
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Business Interruption/Income Coverage |
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Business Not As Usual (also see "Clarification," 3/02) |
Scott Hoober |
1/02 |
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Career Development Seminars |
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New Orleans Roundtable Offers Tasty Discourse |
Wayne Cotter |
9/00 |
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Nichols: States Must Adopt Uniform Market Conduct Standards or Face
Demise |
Scott Hoober & Kim Moore |
9/00 |
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Consumer Rights v. Financial Institution Rights |
Paul Bicica |
9/01 |
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Combating Internet Fraud |
Kathleen McQueen |
9/01 |
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LTC Policies that Partner with Medicaid |
Kashyap Saraiya |
9/01 |
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Federal Reserve as an "Umbrella Supervisor" |
Frank D. Seidel |
9/01 |
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Up Close and Personal with Tom Vartanian |
Wayne Cotter |
9/01 |
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Up Close and Personal with Kirk Yeager |
Pam Donnewald |
9/01 |
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Up Close and Personal with Ron Sallow |
Kathleen McQueen |
9/01 |
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Up Close and Personal with Weldon Hazelwood |
Gerry Milsky |
9/01 |
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Up Close and Personal with Robert Johnson and Lee Kapos |
Frank D. Seidel |
9/01 |
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The San Antonio CDS – A Preview |
Stephen Martuscello |
5/02 |
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2002 CDS: San Antonio – A Perfect Blend of History, Tradition and Progress |
Kashyap Saraiya |
5/02 |
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The IRES Annual CDS: A History |
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5/02 |
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Deep in the Heart of San Antonio |
Kashyap Saraiya |
7/02 |
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Seeking a "Common Vision" – An Interview with Commissioners Vaughan (Iowa), Montemayor (Texas), Ario (Oregon) and Covington (Ohio), Part I |
Wayne Cotter and Scott Hoober |
9/02 |
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Seeking a "Common Vision, Part II" |
Wayne Cotter & Scott Hoober |
11/02 |
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Codification |
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Are You Ready for Codification? |
Dave Christensen |
1/01 |
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Consumer Issues |
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Eschew Obfuscation: Communicating Effectively with Consumers |
Paul Bicica |
11/00 |
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When Life Products Don't Fit Consumers' Needs, What Then? |
Scott Hoober |
1/03 |
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Credit Scoring |
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Credit Scoring Raising Hackles, But Will Regulators Lower the Boom? |
Scott Hoober |
9/02 |
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E-Commerce/Technology |
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Technology, Not Legislation, is Transforming the Global Financial Services Marketplace |
Scott Hoober |
1/00 |
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E-Commerce Revolution Has Yet to Take Insurance Market by Storm |
Scott Hoober |
5/00 |
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The Role of 'Aggregators' in Internet Insurance Sales |
Ron Kuhnel & Eric Loewe |
5/00 |
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A Call for Restraint (an interview with Art Chartrand) |
Wayne Cotter |
5/00 |
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A Look at How the Internet Can Help Insurers Improve their Relationships with Regulators |
Steve Feldman |
5/00 |
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Insurance on the Internet Forces Regulators to Question Old Definitions, Old Concepts |
Douglas A. Greer |
5/00 |
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Watching the Web |
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7/00 |
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Grading the Sites: Insurance on the Internet |
Wayne Cotter |
5/01 |
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Fraud |
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GAO's Frankel Report: States Failed to Notice Obvious Signs of Fraud |
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11/00 |
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Sunshine State Confronts the Dark Side of Viaticals |
Kevin McCarty |
3/01 |
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Custodial Accounts: Keeping an Eye on the Assets |
Vincent Laurenzano* |
5/01 |
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Departments and AGs Use Varied Tools to Battle Fraud |
Scott Hoober |
3/02 |
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Unauthorized Health Insurers: One State's Response |
Angela K. Ford |
5/02 |
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Gramm-Leach-Bliley/Financial Services Reform |
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What Every Regulator Should Know About the 1999 Financial Reform Law |
Wayne Cotter |
1/00 |
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Bank/Financial Holding Company Powers |
Dennis W. Toivonen |
1/00 |
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Financial Privacy Far From a Reality Under New Law |
Frank Torres |
1/00 |
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Functional Regulation is Now the Law of the Land |
George Nichols |
1/00 |
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At Long Last: Uniform Licensing |
Ken A. Crerar |
1/00 |
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Observations on Financial Services Integration |
Joseph Belth |
1/00 |
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Regulators of Non-Domestic Insurers Impeded by New Law |
Bonnie Steingart |
1/00 |
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A New Weapon to Help Regulators Combat Fraud |
Dennis Jay |
1/00 |
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With Passage of New Act, It's Time Regulators Get To Know Their Local Federal Reserve Bank |
Scott Hoober |
3/00 |
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The Great American S.900 Quiz |
Wayne Cotter |
3/00 |
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Regulators Grapple with Privacy Concerns |
Scott Hoober & Kim Moore |
9/00 |
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NARAB Fears Moving States to Uniformity |
Scott Hoober & Kim Moore |
9/00 |
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"Bancassurance" Financial Revolution Has Yet to Arrive |
Ray Soifer |
1/01 |
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Uniform Licensing Inches Closer |
Maryellen Waggoner |
1/02 |
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Uniformity for the Sake of Uniformity? |
Gerald A. Milsky |
7/02 |
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NAIC: Producer Reciprocity Standard in Place for 35 States |
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11/02 |
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Health Insurance |
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When Medicare HMOs Bail Out on Their Policyholders |
Scott Hoober |
7/01 |
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Assessing the Nation's Health Care Privacy Rules |
Georgetown University |
7/01 |
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Mental Health and Managed Care: Evaluating the Results |
James Wrich |
7/01 |
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Recent Health-Related Studies/Persons Without Health Insurance, 1990-99 |
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7/01 |
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Unauthorized Health Insurers: One State's Response |
Angela K. Ford |
5/02 |
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Getting Hip to HIPPPA: New HIPPA Privacy Rules are Coming |
Francis J. Serbaroli & Vimala Varghese |
1/03 |
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HMOs |
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When Medicare HMOs Bail Out on their Policyholders |
Scott Hoober |
7/01 |
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Homeowners Insurance |
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When Natural Disaster Strikes: Seeking Federal Remedies |
Ross J. Davidson Jr. |
7/00 |
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Mold Outbreak |
Nick Mallouf |
1/02 |
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Credit Scoring Raising Hackles, But Will Regulators Lower the Boom? |
Scott Hoober |
9/02 |
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Insurance Department Profiles |
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West Virginia Keeps Close to the Companies it Examines, and the Consumers it Serves |
Scott Hoober |
7/00 |
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IRES Information |
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IRES Adds New Accreditation Option for State Health Care Regulators |
Ed Mailen |
5/01 |
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Jann Goodpaster of Oregon is New IRES President |
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9/01 |
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Establishing Dynamic State Chapters |
Pam Donnewald & Karen Dyke |
1/02 |
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Chapter News appears in every issue of The Regulator. The column provides information on the activities of various state chapters. |
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Al Greer: 1911-2001 |
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1/02 |
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New Technology Option Added to AIE Curriculum
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3/02 |
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IRES Turns 15: A Look Back at the Birth, and Growing Pains, of our Society |
Scott Hoober |
5/02 |
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Talking with . . . Tom Reents |
Kirk Yeager |
5/02 |
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Talking with . . . Brad Connor |
Cynthia Amann |
5/02 |
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Talking with . . . John Reiersen |
Wayne Cotter |
5/02 |
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IRES Trivia Quiz |
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5/02 |
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IRES Past Presidents |
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5/02 |
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President's Award Recipients |
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5/02 |
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The IRES Annual CDS: A History |
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5/02 |
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Paul Bicica of Vermont is New IRES President |
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9/02 |
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Thanks to Weldon, Tommy and Scott |
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9/02 |
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Shirley Robertson of Nevada Receives 2002 Al Greer Award |
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9/02 |
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IRES Honors Susan Morrison |
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9/02 |
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Consumer Advocate Wins Publications Award |
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9/02 |
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Charlie Elgin: 1929-2002 |
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11/02 |
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Licensing |
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Uniform Licensing Inches Closer |
Maryellen Waggoner |
1/02 |
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Uniformity for the Sake of Uniformity? |
Gerald A. Milsky |
7/02 |
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Life Insurance |
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Companies Facing More Scrutiny from Regulators about "Janitor's Life" Plans |
Scott Hoober |
7/02 |
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When Life Products Don't Fit Consumers' Needs, What Then? |
Scott Hoober |
1/03 |
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Litigation |
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How Increased Litigation Costs Impact Insurance Consumers |
Nick Mallouf |
5/01 |
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Market Conduct Regulation |
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Market Conduct Exams: An Insurer's Perspective |
Mark Gardner |
7/00 |
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Nichols: States Must Adopt Uniform Market Conduct Standards or Face Demise |
Scott Hoober & Kim Moore |
9/00 |
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Quo Vadis Market Conduct? The NCOIL Study, the Industry Viewpoint |
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11/00 |
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Commissioners Set Goals for Market Conduct Reform |
Tim Mullin |
7/02 |
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Market Conduct ÔBaselineÕ Exams |
Donald P. Koch |
11/02 |
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Medicare |
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When Medicare HMOs Bail Out on Their Policyholders |
Scott Hoober |
7/01 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Brain Teasers |
Wayne Cotter & Kashyap Saraiya |
7/00 |
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California's Quackenbush Scandal Tarnishes Industry, Panelists Say |
Frederick L. Pliot |
1/01 |
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The Country's Oldest Working Life Actuary |
Wayne Cotter |
1/01 |
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The UPS Tax Case: Where Were the Insurance Regulators? |
Mark L. Gardner |
3/01 |
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Update: UPS Wins! |
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7/01 |
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Are Elected Commissioners Closer to the People's Pulse – Or Too Close? |
Scott Hoober |
3/01 |
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Under the Radar Screen |
Wayne Cotter |
1/02 |
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Dull v. Duller: Lawyers Battle Over Citation Style |
Mark L. Gardner |
3/02 |
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Learning the Tricky Language of Losses |
Warren Buffett |
7/02 |
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Oldest Working Life Actuary to Leave State Service |
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11/02 |
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Charlie Elgin: 1929-2002 |
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11/02 |
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Garamendi Wins? |
Wayne Cotter |
1/03 |
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NAIC Developments |
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Commissioners Set Goals for Market Conduct Reform |
Tim Mullin |
7/02 |
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NAIC: Producer Reciprocity Standard in Place for 35 States |
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11/02 |
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President's Column |
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The President's Column appears in every issue of The Regulator. The column contains brief thoughts on topical issues from the President of IRES. |
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Privacy Issues |
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Financial Privacy Far From a Reality Under New Law |
Frank Torres |
1/03 |
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Regulators Grapple with Privacy Concerns |
Scott Hoober & Kim Moore |
1/03 |
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Getting Hip to HIPPA: New HIPPA Privacy Rules are Coming |
Francis J. Serbaroli & Vimala Varghese |
1/03 |
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Regulatory Roundup |
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The Regulatory Roundup appears in every issue of The Regulator. The column includes summaries of recent legislation, court decisions, insurance department bulletins, etc., involving insurance issues throughout the U.S. |
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Solvency Regulation |
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Are You Ready for Codification? |
Dave Christensen |
1/01 |
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Custodial Accounts: Keeping an Eye on the Assets |
Vincent Laurenzano* |
5/01 |
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"Risk-Focused" Exams: Choosing the Right Tool |
Frances J. O'Connor |
11/01 |
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Enron's Impact on State Outsourcing Decisions |
J. Robert Hunter* |
3/02 |
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SPEs and CAT Bonds |
Vincent Laurenzano |
3/02 |
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Learning the Tricky Language of Losses |
Warren Buffett |
7/02 |
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Regulation Helps Insurers Stay Healthy in Unhealthy Climate |
Joseph L. Petrelli |
11/02 |
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Speed-to-Market |
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Is Speed-to-Market Racing Too Fast for Consumers? |
Scott Hoober |
11/00 |
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Five Reasons Why Insurance Consumers are Concerned about
Speed-to-Market |
J. Robert Hunter |
11/00 |
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Five Strengths of Speed-to-Market |
George Nichols |
11/00 |
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Staffing |
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Shortage of Accountants Creates Dilemma for State Insurance
Departments, Companies |
Scott Hoober |
3/00 |
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State vs. Federal Regulation |
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Is State Regulation Dead? |
Joseph Belth
Wayne Cotter
Michael Duncan
Angela Ford
Scott Hoober
J. Robert Hunter
Peter Kinzler
Sean Mooney
George Nichols*
George Reider
John Reiersen
David Snyder
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11/99 |
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NAIC's Sebelius Says State Regulation is Alive and Well |
Scott Hoober |
9/01 |
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Courts May Decide the Future of State Regulation |
David F. Snyder |
1/03 |
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Suitability |
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When Life Products Don't Fit Consumers' Needs, What Then? |
Scott Hoober |
1/031 |
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Terrorism Insurance |
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002: Highlights |
Wayne Cotter |
1/03 |
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Viaticals |
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Sunshine State Confronts the Dark Side of Viaticals |
Kevin McCarty |
3/01 |
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September 11, 2001 |
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New York Insurance Regulators Respond to Aftermath of WTC |
Scott Hoober |
11/01 |
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Remembering September 11 |
Wayne Cotter |
11/01 |
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Compensation Fund Established for 9/11 Victims |
Wayne Cotter |
11/01 |
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Are Insurers Prepared for the Mental Health Fallout from September 11? |
Vicki Lankarge |
11/01 |
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Regulators: Be Aware of These Emerging Issues |
Kashyap Saraiya & Wayne Cotter |
11/01 |
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Under the Radar Screen |
Wayne Cotter |
1/02 |
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Business Not As Usual |
Scott Hoober |
1/02 |
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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002: Highlights |
Wayne Cotter |
1/03 |
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*Winner, Schrader-Nelson "Article of the Year" Award |
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