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By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne |
March 26, 2012
In 2010, the insurance industry was the target of a lot of bad press regarding retained asset accounts (RAAs) that were provided to the beneficiaries of military service members killed in action.
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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
July 12, 2011
States consider following Pennsylvania's lead in allowing drilling in to huge shale deposits to extract fuel.
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By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne |
December 20, 2010
Bloomberg reported Monday that Ernst & Young LLP will be sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for fraud.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
November 1, 2010
At the end of July, in the midst of one of the most financially troubled summers in recent memory, headlines at Bloomberg blazed with charges that insurance companies were profiting from the deaths of servicemen.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
August 9, 2010
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will establish a working group "to examine a life insurance claims settlement practice involving the use of retained asset accounts." Of particular concern to the group is consumer disclosure.
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By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne |
May 13, 2010
Some Wall Street firms are being investigated for conduct that does not comport with good business practices but rather the basest forms of self dealing, or allegedly, worse. Maybe Glass-Steagall was a good idea after all.
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By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne |
February 4, 2010
N.Y. AG Andrew Cuomo charges the bank, Ken Lewis and Joseph Price
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By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne |
September 8, 2009
Once an advisor has that trusted relationship with a client, can the advisor "go back" to a non-fiduciary relationship?
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By Knut A. Rostad |
August 31, 2009
When Chuck Schwab talks do people listen? They ought to--even when he is off base, as he was in an August 19 opinion piece, "Brokers Aren't Responsible for Bad Bets," in The Wall Street Journal.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
July 1, 2009
After a series of high-profile actions in his position as New York's top insurance regulator--the most powerful regulator's post in the country, thanks to its...
