Congressional Testimony

House Financial Services Committee, Strengthening investor Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital, and Creating a National Insurance Office, October 6, 2009

    Chairman Paul Kanjorski
    Opening Statement

     Mr. David B. Atkinson    
     Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman, RGA Reinsurance Company, on behalf 
     of the Reinsurance Association of America  


    
 Mr. Dennis S. Herchel 
    Assistant Vice President & Counsel, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, on behalf of the
  
  American Council of Life Insurers 

    Mr. J. Stephen Zielezienski 
    Senior Vice President & General Counsel, American Insurance Association
 

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Regulatory Modernization: Perspectives on Insurance, July 28, 2009

    Chairman Christopher Dodd
    Opening Statement
    
   
 Ranking Member Richard Shelby 
    Opening Statement        

    
Senator Tim Johnson   
    Opening Statement

   
 Baird Webel 
    Specialist in Financial Economics
    Congressional Research Service
    
    
Hal Scott   
    Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems 
    Harvard Law School
 

    Martin Grace   
    James S. Kemper Professor of Risk Management, Department of Risk Management & Insurance 
    Georgia State University
    
House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Systemic Risk and Insurance, June 16, 2009

     Chairman Paul E. Kanjorski     
     Opening Statement

     The Honorable Peter Skinner
     Member
     European Parliament

    Mr. Sean McCarthy
     Chief Operating Officer
     Financial Security Assurance, Inc.

    Mr. Kenneth F. Spence     
     Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
     Travelers
 

    Mr. Franklin Nutter     
     President
     Reinsurance Association of America
 

     Mr. Patrick S. Baird
     Chief Executive Officer
     AEGON USA, LLC

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, How Should the Federal Government Oversee Insurance, May 14, 2009

     Chairman Paul E. Kanjorski     
     Opening Statement
 

     Mr. Baird Webel     
     Specialist in Financial Economics
     Congressional Research Service

    Mr. Martin F. Grace
     Department of Risk Management and Insurance
     Georgia State University

    Mr. Scott Harrington     
     Wharton School
     University of Pennsylvania
 

House Committee on Financial Services, Addressing The Need For Comprehensive Regulatory Reform, Thursday March 26, 2009 

     Honorable Timothy Geithner    
    Secretary of the Treasury
 
 

House Financial Services Committee, Perspectives on Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial Services Industry, March 17, 2009 

    The Honorable Steve Bartlett     
     President & Chief Executive Officer
     Financial Services Roundtable 

    The Honorable T. Timothy Ryan Jr. 
     President and Chief Executive Officer
     Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Perspectives on Modernizing Insurance Regulation, March 17, 2009

    Honorable Frank Keating 
    President and Chief Executive Officer 
    The American Council of Life Insurers  

    Mr. William R. Berkley 
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    W. R. Berkley Corporation, on behalf of the American Insurance Association

    Travis Plunkett 
    Legislative Director 
    The Consumer Federation of America
   
    
Mr. Frank Nutter    
    President 
    The Reinsurance Association of America

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Perspectives on Systemic Risk, March 5, 2009 

     Ms. Orice Williams      
      Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment
      Government Accountability Office 
 

     The Honorable Richard H. Baker      
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      Managed Funds Association 
 

     The Honorable Steve Bartlett
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      The Financial Services Roundtable

The House Financial Services Committee, Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, February 25, 2009

      The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke
      Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress, February 24, 2009

    The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke
    Chairman
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  
 

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Modernizing the U.S. Financial Regulatory System, February 4, 2009

     Chairman Christopher Dodd
    Opening Statement


    
Mr. Gene L. Dodaro 
    Acting Comptroller General 
    United States Government Accountability Office   
 

The House Financial Services Committee, Monetary The Future of Financial Services Regulation, October 21, 2008

      Transcript of Hearing

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, State of the Insurance Industry: Examining the Current Regulatory and Oversight Structure, July 29, 2008

    
 
Chairman Christopher Dodd
     Opening Statement

     
The Honorable Tim Johnson
     Opening Statement

     
Mr. Alessandro Iuppa      
     Senior Vice President, Zurich North America, on behalf of the American
     Insurance Association

    
 Mr. John L. Pearson  
     Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Life Insurance Company,
     on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers

     
Mr. George A. Steadman
     President and Chief Operating Officer, Rutherfoord, Inc., on behalf of
     the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers 
 

House Committee on Financial Services, Systemic Risk and the Financial Markets, July 10, 2008

       The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
       Secretary of the Treasury

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises,  H.R. 5840, the Insurance Information Act of 2008, June 10, 2008

     Chairman Paul Kanjorski
       Opening Statement

       Mr. Jeremiah O. Norton
       Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

       The Honorable Michael T. McRaith
       Illinois Division of Insurance on behalf of the National Association of Insurance
       Commissioners

       Mr. Neal S. Wolin        
       President and Chief Operating Officer, Property and Casualty Operations, The Hartford
       Financial Services Group on behalf of the American Insurance Association

       Mr. Stephen E. Rahn      
       Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Lincoln Financial Group on behalf of the
       American Council of Life Insurers

       Ms. Tracey Laws
       Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Reinsurance Association of America

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Examining Proposals on Insurance Regulation Reform, April 16, 2008

       Chairman Paul Kanjorski
       Opening Statement

       The Honorable David G. Nason

       Assisstant Secretary for Financial Institution
       Department of the Treasury

      Mr. Alastair Shore

      Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriter, CUNA Mutual Group
      on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurance and the American Insurance
      Association

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Additional Perspectives on the Need for Insurance Regulation Reform, October 30, 2007

       Mr. Franklin W. Nutter      
       President
       Reinsurance Association of America
 
      Mr. Alessandro Iuppa      
      Senior Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs
      Zurich North America
 
      Mr. John W. Felton IV     
      President
      Tennessee Brokerage Agency

House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, The Need for Insurance Regulation Reform, October 3, 2007

      Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 
      AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company 
 
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      RCM&D, Inc.  
 
      Senior Vice President Insurance Regulatory Policy 
      United States Automobile Association (USAA) 
     
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,  Perspectives on Insurance Regulation, July 18, 2006

        The Honorable Randal K. Quarles       
        Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
        Department of the Treasury
 

        Dr. Scott Harrington
        Alan B. Miller Professor
        The Wharton School
        University of Pennsylvania 

       
        Dr. Robert W. Klein       
        Director of the Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research
        Georgia State University 
     

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Insurance Regulation Reform, July 11, 2006

        Mr. Joseph Beneducci       
        President and COO
        The Fireman's Fund

        Mr. John D. Johns
        President and CEO
        Protective Life Corporation  
         
        Mr. Alan Liebowitz        
        President
        Old Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd    

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Examination and Oversight of the Condition and Regulation of the Insurance Industry, September 22, 2004
 
        Mr. Arthur Ryan       
        Chairman and CEO, Prudential Financial and
        Chairman, American Council of Life Insurers
 
        Mr. William McCartney       
        Senior Vice President, Government and Industry Relations
        USAA Group

 
House Committee on Financial Services, Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sposored Enterprises Subcommittee, Working with State Regulators to Increase Insurance Choices for Consumers, March 31, 2004

 
        Ms. Janice Ochenkowski
        Vice President of External Affairs
        Risk and Insurance Management Society 

House Committee on Financial Services, Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sposored Subcommittee, Reforming Insurance Regulation — Making the Marketplace More Competitive for Consumers, November 5, 2003
 
        Mr. William Fisher       
        Vice President and Associate General Counsel
        Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

 
        Mr. Neal Wolin       
        Executive Vice President and General Counsel    
        The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc


Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation, Federal Involvement in Regulation of the Insurance Industry, October 22, 2003
     
             
        Mr. Craig Berrington       
        Senior Vice President and General Counsel
        American Insurance Association 

   
        Mr. Stephen E. Rahn
        Vice President, Associate General Counsel, and Director of State Relations
        Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

House Committee on Financial Services, Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sposored Enterprises Subcommittee, Regulation and Competition in the Insurance Industry, June 18, 2002

        Mr. Glen Milesko        
        Written Statement
        Banc One Insurance Group