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RILA revolution: SEC adopts tailored registration framework for RILAs and MVAs

On July 1, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule and form amendments to provide a tailored registration framework for registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) and registered market value adjustment...more

NAIC Life and Annuities (A) Committee adopts amendments to Actuarial Guideline 49-A

On February 24th, the NAIC Life Insurance and Annuity (A) Committee (A Committee) adopted amendments to Actuarial Guideline (AG) 49-A to address a concern raised by state insurance regulators regarding the use of...more

NAIC Indexed Universal Life Illustration Subgroup solicits comment on options to revise Actuarial Guideline 49-A and to open NAIC...

On October 12th, the NAIC Life Insurance and Annuity (A) Committee’s Indexed Universal Life (IUL) Illustration (A) Subgroup (IUL Subgroup) exposed for comment four options to amend Actuarial Guideline (AG) 49-A to address a...more

NAIC’s LATF solicits feedback on options to address concerns related to AG 49-A

​​​​​​​On August 15th, the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) re-exposed for comment four options to address a concern raised by state insurance regulators regarding the use of illustrations for indexed universal...more

SEC adopts groundbreaking disclosure improvements for variable insurance contracts 

On March 11, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) adopted a new prospectus disclosure framework, including new rules, rule amendments and registration statement form amendments, for...more

COVID-19 - The SEC acts quickly

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two statements intended to ease certain corporate governance and reporting obligations in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The...more

NAIC Report – 2019 Fall National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Fall National Meeting from December 7 through 10 in Austin, Texas. Notable developments from the Fall National Meeting include: ..Bermuda, Japan and...more

SEC proposal seeks to expand access to private funds

On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule – “Amending the ‘Accredited Investor’ Definition” (the Proposed Rule) – that would expand access to private funds for certain...more

SEC investment company filings during government shutdown

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is subject to the current federal government shutdown due to lack of funding, and generally it will follow its “Operations Plan Under a Lapse in Appropriations and Government...more

SEC proposes new variable contract disclosure regime

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) recently proposed a new disclosure framework for SEC-registered variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (together, variable contracts) that...more

SEC permits internet delivery of investment company shareholder reports - including insurance company separate accounts

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 5, 2018, adopted Rule 30e-3 under the Investment Company Act (the Rule), which permits “notice and access” delivery of investment company shareholder reports via website...more

NAIC Adopts Revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49

On December 13, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Executive (EX) Committee and Plenary adopted revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 (AG 49) with an effective date of March 1, 2017. The revisions apply...more

NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force Approves Revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 for Exposure and Comment

On October 20, the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) of the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee met and approved proposed revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 (AG 49) for exposure and comment. If adopted, the...more

NAIC Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee Adopts Revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49

On July 27, 2016, the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee adopted revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 (AG 49) to address situations where indexed universal life (IUL) insurance policies make available multiple index...more

NAIC IUL Illustration (A) Subgroup Approves Proposed Revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 for Exposure and Comment

On February 24, the IUL Illustration (A) Subgroup of the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force approved proposed revisions to Actuarial Guideline 49 (A.G. 49) for exposure and comment. Among other things, A.G. 49, which was adopted...more

Price Optimization: 2015 Year in Review and a Look Ahead

2015 saw approximately one-third of U.S. states join the first state, Maryland, in issuing guidance to property and casualty insurers with respect to price optimization; action by the National Association of Insurance...more

NAIC Close to Adopting Guideline for IUL Illustrations

On June 4, after long deliberation and extensive consultation with issuers of indexed universal life (IUL) insurance policies and other interested parties by the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF), the NAIC’s Life Insurance...more

SEC Updates Guidance on Cybersecurity

Emphasizing the critical importance of cybersecurity to registered investment companies (RICs), including insurance separate accounts and business development companies, and to investment advisers, the SEC’s Division of...more

New York’s Insurance Regulator Announces Results of Cybersecurity Survey and Previews New Regulatory Initiatives

On February 9, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) released a Report on Cyber Security in the Insurance Sector (Report), summarizing the results of a survey completed by 43 insurers about their cybersecurity...more

SEC Releases Results of 2014 Cybersecurity Exam Sweep

On February 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Risk Alert prepared by its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) that summarizes the results of a sweep of more than 100 broker-dealers...more

President Signs Changes to Collins Amendment Favorable to Insurers

On December 18, President Obama signed into law the Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 (the Act). The Act makes it clear that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the Fed) is not required to apply...more

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NAIC 2014 Fall National Meeting and Congressional Hearing on Global Standards in Insurance Regulation

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met for its Fall National Meeting in Washington, D.C. from November 14th through November 19th. As with prior meetings, competition among state, Federal and...more

Massachusetts Treasurer Demands National Mutual Fund Records in Multistate Unclaimed Property Audit

Late this summer, the Massachusetts Treasurer demanded mutual fund records on a nationwide basis as part of a multistate unclaimed property audit. Thirty-five (35) states are involved in the audit, but the Treasurer has...more

Insurance Industry Sweeps Retained Asset Account Doubleheader

On August 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held in Vander Luitgaren v. Sun Life Ass. Co. of Canada, No. 13–2090, 2014 WL 4197947 (1st Cir. Aug. 26, 2014), that an insurer, acting as a claims administrator,...more

NAIC Report – 2014 Summer National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met for its Summer National Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, August 14-19. International regulatory standards were a prime focus of the meeting, as the International...more

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