Description: This article describes the increasing problems in the product filing and forms approval process under state regulation. It also describes the conclusions and product filing uniformity vision that includes the formation of CARFRA which stands for Coordinated Advertising, Rate and Form Review Authority.

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: Legislation introduced in Florida senate to ban sale of Industrial Life and greatly restrict sales of other Small Face Amount Policies, SFAPs.

Description: This article talks about assets and liabilities as they related to Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: Chairperson’s letter discussing changes that occurred between 2008 and 2009.

Description: Discusses the content of the web page of the Smaller Insurance Company Section.

Description: Article summarizing two conference calls from late 2011 on regulatory issues of interest to smaller insurance companies. From Small Talk Newsletter, Issue 37, January 2012.

Description: Small companies face numerous challenges and opportunities when developing supplemental health insurance products. This is particularly true because of the competitive nature of these products and the innovations happening in the supplemental health market. This article explores the challenges regarding rating, the volatile regulatory environment, product flexibility, and distribution. In addition, the article identifies competitive advantages that small companies may have in the supplemental health market.

Description: A summary of the newsletter and a rundown of the table manager.

Description: Feature article about the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) adopting its First Amendment to Regulation 213, Principle-Based Reserving (PBR) and the affects it will cause.