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        "uri": "/2009/04/02/naic-leader-blasts-ofc-bill/",
        "title": "NAIC Leader Blasts OFC Bill",
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        "prettyDate": "April 02, 2009",
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        "summary": "Roger Sevigny, president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., and New Hampshire insurance commissioner, has put out a statement condemning H.R. 1880, the National",
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        "uri": "/2008/11/09/tough-times-constrain-naic-budget/",
        "title": "Tough Times Constrain NAIC Budget",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "November 09, 2008",
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        "summary": "Insurers are hoping for constraint in the NAIC's budget given the fact that \"the insurance industry is facing revenue constraints,\" said Deirdre Manna, a vice president at the Property Casualty",
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        "uri": "/2008/09/23/aig-insurance-units-facing-sale-are-solid-says-liddy/",
        "title": "AIG Insurance Units Facing Sale Are Solid, Says Liddy",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "September 23, 2008",
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        "summary": "Interviewed after delivering a closed briefing to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting here, Mr. Liddy declined comment on whether the insurance or airplane leasing units would",
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        "uri": "/2008/04/14/analysts-technology-risks-may-outweigh-regulatory/",
        "title": "Analysts: Technology Risks May Outweigh Regulatory Risks",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "April 14, 2008",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "When asked where insurance information technology investment dollars should go, 74% of life analysts said money should go toward distribution channels; 63%, toward pricing and underwriting; and 44%,",
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      {
        "uri": "/2008/04/06/credit-crunch-puts-reserves-in-spotlight/",
        "title": "Credit Crunch Puts Reserves in Spotlight",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "April 06, 2008",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "\"The fear of investing in monoline businesses is spilling over to other lines, including life insurance,\" NAIC officials wrote in the memo. \"More than one department of insurance has expressed",
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      {
        "uri": "/2008/04/02/regulators-discuss-action-on-paulson-plan/",
        "title": "Regulators Discuss Action on Paulson Plan",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "April 02, 2008",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Iowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss, who was critical of the Treasury plan which also envisions a national insurance office, made her comments as members of the National Association of Insurance",
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      {
        "uri": "/2008/03/05/should-insurers-head-for-the-storm-cellar-414-7815/",
        "title": "Should Insurers Head for the Storm Cellar?",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 05, 2008",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Keating offered his observations on the challenges that the industry faces during ReFocus 2008, a gathering of over 300 top executives sponsored by the ACLI and the Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg,",
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      {
        "uri": "/2007/12/03/show-more-transparency-naic-told/",
        "title": "Show More Transparency, NAIC Told",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "December 03, 2007",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Their comments followed another NAIC liaison meeting, this one with consumer representatives, who recommended that commissioners pursue a policy of open meetings to ensure better participation when",
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        "uri": "/2007/11/06/fitch-capital-levels-soared-in-2006-414-80866/",
        "title": "Fitch: Capital Levels Soared in 2006",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "November 06, 2007",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": ""Prism indicates that whole life insurance requires very little capital, often as little as 2% of reserves at the AA capital level threshold," Fitch analysts write in a discussion of the results.",
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        "uri": "/2007/08/06/premiums-up-to-1-4-trillion-in-2006-naic-report-sa/",
        "title": "Premiums Up to $1.4 Trillion in 2006, NAIC Report Says",
        "byline": "Jim Connolly",
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        "prettyDate": "August 06, 2007",
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        "summary": "The Kansas City, Mo.-based NAIC last week released its annual "Insurance Department Resources Report," which the association said aims to help insurance departments manage their individual resources",
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