Description: Regulatory Update

Description: A discussion of compliance with Model Audit Rule, MAR, deadlines, including requirements over auditor independence and corporate governance and management’s report of internal control over financial reporting.

Description: The article discusses the proposed revisions to the AOMR Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum and how it will affect insurance companies.

Description: The purpose of the article is to discuss the benefits of small policy purchases by seniors, describe the market and distribution for these small face amounts of life insurance, and demonstrate the dimensions of the market.

Description: This articles notes that there are fewer small insurance companies. It discusses how the impact of mergers and acquisitions and new regulations affect the declining number of small insurance companies.

Description: This article discusses the history of the small life insurance policies in light of the current NAIC investigation into the treatment of small face value life insurance policies.

Description: A discussion of the events of the NAIC Summer National Meeting in Seattle.

Description: Two committees continue work on experience studies that will provide a basis for new valuation mortality tables. This is an article about preferred and preneed valuation and the activity of these two committees to date.

Description: This article summarizes current regulatory activity discussed at the Spring 2009 meetings of the N.A.I.C. and the National Council of Insurance Legislators.

Description: This article describes the growing trend toward more concern about events that are not likely to occur, but have a very adverse impact on a company when they occur and on reflecting the unique situation of individual companies. It mentions two recent initiatives, the change in the C3 formula of RBC and scrutiny of liquidity risk.