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Insurance regulation : background and issues /

The individual states have been the primary regulators of insurance since 1868. Following the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, this system has operated with the explicit blessing of Congress, but has also been subject to periodic scrutiny and suggestions that the time may have come for Congress to reclai...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Phillips, Nelson R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Ã2013.
Colección:Economic issues, problems and perspectives
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The individual states have been the primary regulators of insurance since 1868. Following the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, this system has operated with the explicit blessing of Congress, but has also been subject to periodic scrutiny and suggestions that the time may have come for Congress to reclaim the regulatory authority that it granted to the states. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, congressional scrutiny was largely driven by the increasing complexities of the insurance business and concern over whether the states were up to the task of ensuring consumer protections, particularly insur.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 111 pages)
ISBN:1629481424
9781629481425