Rating Agency (E) Working Group Hearing
September 24, 2009

Panel 1:   Use of Ratings in State Insurance Regulation

State insurance regulators are responsible for ensuring solvency of the regulated insurance companies. As part of this process, the NAIC and the states use ratings to determine the risk-based capital charge for rated bonds, as well as setting many limits for insurance company risk exposures. How did that system evolve, and how well does it work today?

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Chris Evangel
                Managing Director
                NAIC Securities Valuation Office

Nancy Bennett, FSA, CERA, MAAA
                Senior Life Fellow
                American Academy of Actuaries

Michael Moriarty
                Deputy Superintendent
                New York State Insurance Department

Eric Steigerwalt
                Senior Vice President and CFO
                Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Birny Birnbaum
                Center for Economic Justice