State insurance commissioners serve as the regulatory authority and states are required to have life insurance licenses to sell the product.
For variable annuities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and
state insurance commissioners serve as the regulatory authority.
Not exact matches
In a recent post, we reported that Zenefits, a software company and online brokerage firm that claims to have automated much of what brokers do, seems to have alarmed enough
insurance agents that last month, the
insurance commissioner in Utah banned Zenefits from
serving as a broker in the
state.
She also
served as a
commissioner of the New York
State Insurance Fund.
The Life
Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation, adopted by the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners in 1995,
serves as the model for most
state regulations.