The insurance
regulator said the product may be offered both as individual policy and on group insurance basis and would have a free look option as outlined in the regulation.
The regulator said the product could be offered both to individuals and groups.
Not exact matches
The
regulator said: «Regardless of the medium in which an advertising or promotional message is disseminated, deception occurs when consumers acting reasonably under the circumstances are misled about its nature or source, and such misleading impression is likely to affect their decisions or conduct regarding the advertised
product.»
The
regulator said https://bit.ly/2qUJYff it had issued 40 warning letters to retailers, including multiple 7 - Eleven stores, for violations regarding illegal sales of Juul
products, after uncovering violations through compliance checks since the beginning of March.
The FDA also
said eBay Inc removed several listings of Juul
products after the
regulator raised concerns.
But he
said regulators need to put new rules in place around highly risky
products, and get to the bottom of whether there's been any wrongdoing concerning the VIX itself.
The hype, he
said, is the problem: Excitement can build up around a company long before a
regulator like the FDA denies approval to a
product or slaps the firm for overly bold marketing claims or improper lab protocols.
Herbalife will fail because increased transparency about its practices, due to scrutiny from Ackman and
regulators, has made it harder for the company to recruit distributors for its
products, Ackman
said.
Munger also
says it's time for
regulators to «let up» on Wells Fargo, which has struggled to overcome criticism of several
product sales scandals and its attempts to repay customers.
«The twitter feed of @AfueraHerbaLIES contains not only defamatory, disparaging, and deceptive posts about Herbalife and its
products,»
said the company in its filing, «but also contains numerous insulting and offensive statements about Herbalife's management team, its members, and even federal
regulators.»
Bernstein's Bruno Monteyne
said that if
regulators included discounters - which sell a much smaller range of
products - in their assessment of major competitors for the new group, it might only have to sell about 8 percent of stores.
The offer might prove too tempting to someone who might otherwise never take out an auto - title loan,
said the
regulator in a bulletin to lenders: «This business model could also be perceived as a deceptive practice because it appears calculated to bring the consumer into the store with the promise of one
product, but later effectively requires the consumer to go to another location to purchase another
product.»
«The FDA has been conducting a large - scale, undercover nationwide blitz to crack down on the sale of e-cigarettes specifically JUUL
products to minors at both brick - and - mortar and online retailers,» the
regulator said.
This week, the insurance
regulator said it was barring Anbang from selling two of its investment
products.
Antitrust
regulators are also reviewing craft brewers» claims that AB InBev pushes some independent distributors to only carry the company's
products and end their ties with the craft industry, two of the sources
said, noting that the investigation was in its early stages.
Although blockchain projects are moving from proof of concept, to «minimum viable
products,» Grosemans
says mass adoption requires alignment of protocols and
regulators.
The drink has run into some problems, including a recent ban in Canada, where
regulators said it does not meet all the specific requirements for meal - replacement
products.
«In light of the CFTC and the [National Futures Association]'s public statements regarding the riskiness of the underlying cryptocurrency
products, we believe that the launch of new exchange - traded derivatives in cryptocurrencies deserves a healthy dialogue between
regulators, exchanges, clearinghouses and the clearing firms who will be absorbing the risk of these volatile, emerging instruments during a default,» Lukken
said.
It also suggested credit providers were becoming more picky about who they would lend credit to at a time of
regulator - driven curbs that have seen commercial lenders increasingly raise costs for borrowers on investment loan
products such as interest - only loans, Mr Shilbury
said.
Vanguard is on track to more than double the size of its Shanghai office this year and may seek approval to sell
products to wealthy investors as a first step before seeking a foreign - owned mutual fund license when
regulators allow it in 2021,
said Charles Lin, the firm's China head.
Regulators in North Carolina Jan. 11 ordered BitConnect to stop selling its
products, and
said the company targeted «persons of limited financial means, and unsophisticated investors» who would suffer particular hardship if their investments went down the drain.
Woolworths conspired with laundry detergent manufacturers to replace old
products with new
products on the same «D - Day» so Australian consumers paid more for detergent than New Zealanders,
says the competition
regulator.
«All [
regulators] currently do is test the first five samples of a
product and companies know that and just make sure the first batches are clean,» she
said.
Johnson & Johnson has responded by
saying that the formaldehyde - releasing preservatives in the
products are safe, citing the approval US
regulators and those in other countries.
One challenge
regulators will face is finding jurisdiction under existing statutes to regulate the diverse range of anticipated biotech
products, the report
says.
As an example, he
said, government
regulators can only control the producers whose
products cause environmental problems in Indonesia.
California
regulators have requested new plug - in hybrids be equipped with the technology, and Mitsubishi is working with them to comply,
said Tetsuya Tobe, manager of
product planning.
Of special concern is that securities and insurance
regulators have reported an increase in unsuitable sales of variable
products to older investors, who experts
say should generally stick to low - risk, low - or no - fee financial
products instead of those with potentially high risks and fees.
Feds fine Chase, order $ 309 million refund for credit card add - ons — The megabank took the money for, but did not deliver, the credit monitoring add - on
product it sold to its credit card customers, federal
regulators say... (See Chase refund)
Banks making refunds for add - on
products — Fifth Third bank agreed to refund some $ 3 million to about 24,500 customers for debt protection coverage that
regulators say was marketed falsely... (See Add - on marketing refunds)
This article quotes the president of Genworth Financial, Inc., a large seller of long term care insurance, as
saying that the companies should never have priced the
products as they did, and that the
regulators should never have allowed it.
Though there is no official communication, the
regulator is not encouraging any
products where the premium tenure is less than five years,»
said a senior official at a life insurance company.
Brokers
said that despite positive factors like a further rise in industrial growth, trading sentiment dampened as market
regulator SEBI barred 14 life insurance companies from issuing unit - linked insurance
products.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
said his ministry will not intervene in the autonomy of
regulators, amid reservations expressed by the Reserve Bank over the recent Ordinance on Unit - Linked Insurance Ulip
products.
A CEO of an insurance company, who did not wish to be named,
said, «The
regulator has, in the past, raised its concern on insurance companies pushing their
products by offering higher commissions to the dealerships and the issue will be taken up in the upcoming meeting of the council.»
Besides, the
regulator wanted that the pension plans should not erode the savings of the subscriber and offer non-zero positive returns, HDFC Life vice president (strategy and
product) Sanjay Tiwari
said here.
The
regulator has
said for
products approved under the February 2013 traditional
product regulations, a certificate of compliance would have to be submitted to Irda, provided there was no change in benefits, premiums or charges levied.
We have started training our agents after our
products got approved by the
regulator two days ago,»
said Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kamesh Goyal.
In Canada,
regulators have
said that ICOs may be treated as securities and that
products linked to cryptocurrencies should be considered high - risk.
«Before you get into mainstream [exchange - traded
products], we need to get through a series of settlements before that makes sense to
regulators,» Tilly was quoted as
saying, adding:
Speaking to reporters, CEO Ed Tilly
said that the process could lead to something like an ETF - a long - sought
product - but only if
regulators are firmly on board.
Industry
regulator says it will step in if the offer or issue of digital tokens involved
products regulated under the country's Securities and Futures Act, following recent launches involving real estate.