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Registered Rep. March 6, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies.
Insurance & Technology March 27, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Insurance Industry Groups React to Treasury Secretary's Statements to House Committee Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Geithner was forthright about the need for systemic risk regulation but his comments on optional federal charter were subject to interpretation.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Federal Insurance Regulatory Proposal Draws Fire, Support Opponents of the National Insurance Consumer Protection and Regulatory Modernization Act (NICPRMA) call the bill an attempt to shoehorn optional federal charter into government regulatory activity meant to address systemic risk within financial services.
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell	Congress Reaches Year-End Goal A House-passed bill nixes FINRA's oversight of RIAs and a comprehensive financial services reform bill likely by the end of first quarter.
Insurance & Technology November 15, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell	One Step Closer Another step toward the adoption of an optional federal charter was taken at the end of September when Congressman Ed Royce introduced the National Insurance Act of 2006.
Insurance & Technology April 2, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Representatives Bean and Royce Introduce Federal Insurance Regulation Bill NICPA, if signed into law, would create a robust federal regulator for insurance to act as an alternative to the antiquated, non-uniform system of state insurance regulators currently in operation, according to a press advisory released by Bean and Royce.
Insurance & Technology July 16, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Financial Reform Law's Ultimate Impact on Insurance Remains Unclear While the Dodd-Frank bill, expected to be signed into law by President Obama next week, has spared insurers explicit duplicative regulation, the powers of the new Federal Insurance Office remain undefined.
Insurance & Technology March 17, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Senate Banking Committee Hears Divergent Testimony from P&C, Life Industry Representatives Frank Keating of the American Council of Life Insurers argued the need for a federal insurance regulator, while John T. Hill of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said his organization supported a reformed state-based system.
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2008 Katherine Burger	No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services.
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Bank Systems & Technology November 11, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Banking Groups React to Sen. Dodd's Draft Regulatory Legislation With a Big 'No' Although organizations approve of the Senate's efforts, they say it goes too far in undermining those aspects of financial services that actually work.
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Tech Could Assist State-Based Reform Acknowledging that legacy technologies are not the only antiquated systems in insurance, carriers, trade associations and commissioners are aggressively approaching the regulatory reform of the insurance industry
Insurance & Technology May 3, 2006 Maria Woehr	Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders.
Investment Advisor November 2007 Melanie Waddell	On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess.
Insurance & Technology November 14, 2007 Kim Dorgan	Life Insurance Industry Would Benefit From Optional Federal Charter The future of insurance regulation remains one of the most critical issues facing the life insurance industry.
Insurance & Technology June 15, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Five Insurance Trade Groups Sign Statement Supporting Optional Federal Charter The statement will be presented at the June 16 hearing on Risk and Insurance House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy.
Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable.
Insurance & Technology July 25, 2005 Katherine Burger	A Matter of Time Federal regulation of the U.S. insurance industry is coming - maybe not this year, or even for a few years, but it is inevitable.
Investment Advisor July 2008 Marlene Y. Satter	One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry.
HBS Working Knowledge June 22, 2009 Roger Thompson	"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger	What's the Best Recipe for Financial Regulatory Reform? Experts give their insight on what's ahead for the industry. In 2010 the U.S. Senate will face the question of how to restructure our financial regulatory system.
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Sen. Tim Johnson	Coordinating Global Regulation Senator who helped hammer out the reform bill says this is just the beginning.
Investment Advisor April 2009 Melanie Waddell	Danger & Opportunity: What You Need to Know, Now As Washington becomes the hub of finance, advisors must stay tuned in
Insurance & Technology March 29, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Insurance Associations Express Concerns About Financial Reform Bill Sen. Christopher Dodd's reform bill proposes only modest changes to the existing insurance regulatory regime, but industry associations are pushing back against resolution funding requirements and potentially duplicative regulation.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	A Shot in the Arm The financial services industry needs a prescription for the mess that's been created because this is an industry that can't afford another crisis.
Insurance & Technology September 14, 2006 Maria Woehr	One Charter to Rule Them All? Insurers, analysts and vendors are weighing the benefits and risks of the National Insurance Act of 2006 - a plan to adopt an optional federally chartered regulatory system - as well as the impact the federal regulation could have on IT systems.
Investment Advisor December 2009 Melanie Waddell	Danger & Opportunity: Staggering Toward Reform Investor Protection Act passes with lots of fiduciary-related amendments; action on Dodd not likely until 2010.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan	Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress.
Registered Rep. December 11, 2009 Kristen French	House Passes Regulatory Reform, SRO Up In The Air The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed by a narrow margin. But it will still be a long time before the regulatory future for broker/dealers and investment advisers is clear.
Finance & Development September 2009 Andrew Crockett	Rebuilding the Financial Architecture What needs to be done to strengthen financial regulation and supervision?
Investment Advisor August 2008 Marlene Y. Satter	Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy?
HBS Working Knowledge July 21, 2010	HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences?
U.S. Banker March 2010 Alan Kline	Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing.
U.S. Banker May 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Plan Draws Lukewarm Response The Treasury Department's proposal to reorganize regulation of the financial-services marketplace drew mixed reviews.
Insurance & Technology November 24, 2003 Greg MacSweeney	Senate Mulls Fed. Ins. Regs As the Senate Committee on Commerce reviews the adequacy of state-based insurance regulation, segments of the industry are quickly taking sides.
Investment Advisor September 2006	Insurance Streamlining Insurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty and reinsurance regulations.
Investment Advisor July 2009 Melanie Waddell	Danger & Opportunity: Bracing for Change It looks to be all but inevitable that the rules for broker/dealers and investment advisors will be harmonized, and that broker/dealers offering investment advice will have to adhere to a fiduciary standard of care.
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2008 Michael M. Monahan	Improved Corporate Governance Will Allow Insurers to Better Compete Globally While an Optional Federal Charter would allow insurers to compete on a global stage, stricter governance, enabled by BPM, will be key to compliance.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 John Berlau	Overregulation Plan Won't Fix Financial Crisis Initial reports indicate that these early hopes of a more accountable regulatory structure from the Obama administration have been dashed.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Vekshin & Kopecki	Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Dayana Yochim	Report From the White House: Regulation vs. Capitalism The House Financial Services Committee dives into key measures of the White House's financial regulatory reform effort, and as expected, bankers, financial-industry lobbyists, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others all lined up with thick red pens poised to overhaul the overhaul plan.
Investment Advisor January 2009 Melanie Waddell	Watch Out. Reform In on the Way As the New Year unfolds, one thing is certain: financial services regulatory reform will be hotly debated in the 111th Congress, and perhaps some reforms will actually be put into place.
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd	Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal.
Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Accounting and Financial Systems: Technological Enhancements Offer Promise -- and Questions Insurers' accounting and financial systems -- including billing, annual reporting, portfolio management and investment management platforms -- are becoming increasingly integrated with other enterprise systems.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger	Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform.
Finance & Development March 2009 Amar Bhattacharya	A Tangled Web Everyone agrees on reforming the governance of financial markets, but who will do what remains unclear.
HBS Working Knowledge April 23, 2008 Dwight Crane	The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations U.S. Treasury recommendations for strengthening the regulation of the financial system are a good start but fall short, says Harvard Business School professor emeritus Dwight B. Crane.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2009 Bill Singer	Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths?