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On Friday, May 17, 2024, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Mais filed a Petition for Rehabilitation and Appointment of the Commissioner as Rehabilitator of PHL Variable Insurance Company ("PHL"), a Connecticut domestic stock...more
On September 27, 2023, the Colorado Division of Insurance (the “Division”) exposed a new proposed regulation entitled “Concerning Quantitative Testing of External Consumer Data and Information Sources, Algorithms, and...more
At least two insurance companies are adding “buffered” investment portfolios to the lineup of underlying funds that are available to support their variable annuity and variable life insurance policies....more
Implementing all the reforms adopted by the SEC in connection with its variable insurance product summary prospectus rule (Rule 498A) is potentially a major undertaking, depending on the number and nature of an insurer’s...more
Overview - I was never a Pink Floyd fan growing up. My older brother Willy liked Pink Floyd along with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. I liked all of the horn bands – Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Tower of Power. The one...more
Gerry discusses the peculiarities of the alternate investment diversification testing method for variable universal life insurance....more
As spring begins, and after many years of fertilizing and watering by industry representatives, the SEC has adopted comprehensive reforms to its disclosure requirements for variable annuities (VAs) and variable life insurance...more
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
On May 29, 2019, the SEC granted an exemptive order to Carillon Series Trust and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. (a Raymond James affiliate) to hire and replace affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers without shareholder...more
Insurance companies filing amendments to registration statements for their variable product registration statements, as well as mutual funds, frequently rely on Rule 485(a). Under the rule, post-effective amendments filed by...more
On October 30, the SEC voted to propose modernized disclosures for variable annuities and variable life insurance policies. The proposal would permit...more
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
The SEC, on June 5, announced that it would be exploring “modernization of the design, delivery and content of fund disclosures” in order “to improve the investor experience and help investors make more informed investment...more
Once again, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has made variable insurance products an exam priority....more
On May 5, 2016, the IRS issued Notice 2016-32, 2016-21 I.R.B. 1, which affords relief with respect to the application of the diversification requirements of IRC § 817(h) to variable life insurance and annuity contracts...more