Description: This article discusses regulatory proposals and developments at both the state and federal level that call for small insurer vigilance.

Description: This article discusses the new valuation concepts under Regulation XXX and the practical issues that need to be addressed by companies.

Description: The SEC recently approved a financial disclosure rule mandating that a company must release material and market-moving information to all investors simultaneously. This article looks at the new rule designed to make financial disclosure fairer for all investors and how it may pose problems for larger insurers, while it may level the playing field for smaller insurers.

Description: Results of recent survey of Smaller Insurance Company Section about the Financial Services Modernization Act, FSMA.

Description: This article discusses the conflicting opinions surrounding proposed 1998 legislation that would have authorized mutual life insurance companies in New York to reorganize as stock companies through the formation of upstream Mutual Holding Companies.

Description: This article provided a 1998 update of Mutual Insurance Holding Companies. Subjects covered included state-by-status enabling status, policyholder rights under an MIHC, advantages, and criticisms.

Description: Author identifies the issues, especially as they relate to smaller insurers, and then lists some provisions of current pending federal legislation.