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One interesting, somewhat under-reported thing about the much-watched Senate race in Michigan: Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed are talking about the strengths and weaknesses of various health system change proposals.
El-Sayed, who is running as a Democrat, seems to want Medicare for All, with exceptions for union plans and employer plans.
Rogers, the Republican, seems to want an end to health plan utilization management.
benefitspro.com/2026/09/23/m…
Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, #mikerogers, @abdul el-say#medicare4all, #medicareforall, #utilizationmanagement, #healthinsurance
The Congressional Research Service -- an in-house bureau that helps Congress understand things -- has a modest proposal for addressing concerns about private equity (aka, alternative asset manager) involvement in insurance and annuities: Congress could start a new federal insurance regulatory agency.
thinkadvisor.com/2026/09/24/…
@naic, #insurance, #annuities, #alternativeassetmanagers, #offshorejurisdictions,
If you enjoy reading detailed rehabilitation petitions for life insurers that are controlled by private equity firms: South Carolina has a petition that you might like.
thinkadvisor.com/2026/09/16/…
#acap, #southcarolina, #rehabilitationpetitions
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When Lindsay Graham died, I updated the state graph:
marypatcampbell.substack.com…
Utah has had no deaths of sitting Senators. All the other states have, including Alaska and Hawaii.
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In case you're interested, here's a graph of deaths of Senators in office (updated only up to 2018.... doesn't have Dianne Feinstein's or Lindsay Graham's deaths in there)
From my political mortality sampler of 2023:
marypatcampbell.substack.com…
There used to be a lot more deaths in the Senate
New Hampshire regulators to New Hampshire stop-loss issuers: Learn to count.
benefitspro.com/2026/08/20/n…
#newhampshire, #stoploss, #lives
Laws like HIPAA may protect people's data without giving the people affected by data breaches the right to sue.
State laws do let people sue over alleged violations of contracts.
A federal court in Georgia is letting the people affected by a big Aflac data breach move forward with an argument that the data breach was the result of a breach of an implicit data security promise that came with Aflac insurance contracts.
benefitspro.com/2026/08/14/j…
@Aflac, #hipaa, #datasecurity
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Imagine your house burned down.
Everyone is safe, but everything else is gone.
What do you buy back first? What never gets replaced?
Sometimes loss reveals value better than abundance ever can.
Today's LifeBlood explores the idea that what feeds us, sometimes destroys us.
🤖 Made with AI
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.@Carter_Lawrence & members of #TeamTDCI are attending the @naic 2026 Summer National Meeting in Columbus, OH. We’ll join our fellow state insurance regulators to share practices and tools that protect consumers and strengthen our state-based system.
#NAICSummerMeeting
ALT Commissioner Carter Lawrence & members of TDCI’s insurance TEAM with a Tennessee flag.
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@𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝘂𝘀, 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 @𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. He joins regulators from across the country who are collaborating and discussing critical insurance topics, consumer protection standards, and key policy solutions that impact policyholders in Louisiana and nationwide.
Check out a few moments from the meeting below.
#NAIC #InsuranceRegulation #CommTemple #ConsumerProtection #LDI
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Team OID is participating in the @naic 2026 Summer National Meeting in Columbus, working with regulators nationwide on consumer insurance issues. Reps. Blair, Adams and Hefner are joining us through the NAIC State Officials Program. Proud to represent Oklahoma! #WeAreOID
ALT A group of people is posing for a photo in a conference setting. They are gathered around a table labeled "Oklahoma," which has a flag draped over it. One person is holding an American football. There are various electronic devices and papers on the table.
ALT A group of four individuals smiling and standing in front of a backdrop with the words "Battle Grand Ballroom."
ALT A group of individuals seated at a conference table, engaged in discussion. One person is speaking, gesturing with hands. There are nameplates, microphones, and water bottles on the table. The background includes blurred signs and several other participants.
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NAIC 2026 MEETING BIG DATA & AI FOCUS. - The National Association of Insurance Commissioners held its Summer National Meeting.
Follow for more such updates.
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🏛️ At the #NAIC Summer National Meeting, Lori Martin, chair of NABIP’s #LongTermCare Working Group, spoke to the Senior Issues Task Force about key differences between hybrid #LTC plans and life insurance products with chronic illness riders.
#ConsumerProtection #HealthPolicy
The NAIC executive committee has officially approved a model law development project that could lead to changes in the rules that govern annuity disclosures.
thinkadvisor.com/2026/08/14/…
@naic , #annuities, #illustrations
Stop-loss issuer executives, Q2 2025: 😕
Stop-loss issuer executives, Q2 2026: 😃
benefitspro.com/2026/08/12/s…
#stoploss
The Force keeps coming back.
So does Spider-Man.
How about... IMSA?
thinkadvisor.com/2026/08/12/…
Richard Weber, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), #lifeinsurance, #marketconduct
This interview with @AssadiMehran is behind a pretty darn expensive paywall, but the gist is free: Many middle-income people need more life insurance and annuities, and someone should take the time to try to sell that to them.
thinkadvisor.com/2026/08/11/…
@national life, #middlemarket, #lifeinsurance
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Back in 2018, I wrote a post on my old site about Dostoevsky's The Gambler, and did a short video
Here's the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=P_SSSE60…
I talk about the Gambler's Ruin, which is a well-named probability problem, often given to intro probability students (which I've taught)
