Article: Insurance Commissioner Group Proposes Hard Look at Variable Annuities.

By Paul Wenske, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 25--The National Association of Insurance Commissioners on Tuesday proposed new guidelines for states that would prompt "heightened scrutiny" of the sale of variable annuities.

The proposed guidelines also could give state securities commissioners a more prominent enforcement role.

The recommendations emerged from a working committee on the final day of the Kansas City-based organization's national conference in New York.

Officials said insurance commissioners nationwide will vote on whether to adopt the recommendations during a teleconference to be ...

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