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  Dodd-Frank: A Guide

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: The Insurance Provisions

• Morality play

  By Richard Hoe, ChFC, CLU, AEP  |  March 1, 2013

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  12 key post-election personnel moves

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 12, 2012

  The results of the election will generate substantive change in who makes the decisions affecting the insurance industry in Washington. Here is a look at the key people certain to be impacted by the change.

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  Post-election: What's in store for the insurance industry?

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 7, 2012

  Obama's re-election indicates current policies will be maintained, but some deadline dates could be pushed back a bit.

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  To Thwart SRO, Rep. Waters Introduces User Fee Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 30, 2012

  As she said she would, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., introduced on Wednesday the Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012, which would allow the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to collect user fees from advisors to fund their exams in lieu of a self-regulatory organization (SRO).

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  FIO Keeping Busy, Discussing International Regulatory Authority with USTR, Agencies

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  July 16, 2012

  Michael McRaith, director of the Federal Office of Insurance (FIO), is moving aggressively to reduce the differences between European and U.S. insurance regulatory and supervisory schemes.

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  POGO Assails House Financial Services Committee's SRO Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  May 30, 2012

  In a letter to the chairman and ranking minority member of the House Financial Services Committee, the Project On Government Oversight raised “serious concerns” about H.R. 4624, a bill that would authorize one or more SROs to oversee the investment advisor industry.

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  MetLife, Fed, Treasury Set to Testify on SIFI in Post-JPMorgan Loss Climate

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 14, 2012

  The Volcker Rule may be a subject not only for banks, in light of JPMorgan trading losses, but also for insurance representatives before the House subcommittee.

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  GOP Plan Boosts Pentagon, Cuts Social Programs

  By Andrew Taylor  |  May 7, 2012

  The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts come January.

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  Prompt Action on Volcker Rule Urged

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 27, 2012

  Almost a quarter of the U.S. Senate, mostly Democrats, are urging regulators to act promptly to publish a final version of the so-called Volcker rule, which restricts banks from trading for their own accounts also known as proprietary trading.