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Ethics Called Bottom Line Issue for Entire Insurance Industry

The current investigations of the insurance industry emphasize the need for stricter adherence to ethical market conduct standards, Brian Atchinson, executive director of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), told the annual meeting of the National Organization of Life and …

Stonebridge Life Insurance Company Qualifies as Newest Member of Ethics Standards Association

Stonebridge Life Insurance Company, domiciled in Rutland, VT, with administrative offices in Plano, TX, has qualified to become a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), the national organization dedicated to promoting high ethical standards in the marketing, selling …

IMSA Stakes Role as Market Conduct Model

Life insurers have driven the push to federalize insurance regulation in part because of the speed-to-market issue—it takes longer for them to roll out new products, as compared to their competitors who are selling financial products aimed at achieving the …

IMSA Stakes Role as Market Conduct Model

Life insurers have driven the push to federalize insurance regulation in part because of the speed-to-market issue—it takes longer for them to roll out new products, as compared to their competitors who are selling financial products aimed at achieving the …

IMSA Stakes Role as Market Conduct Model

Life insurers have driven the push to federalize insurance regulation in part because of the speed-to-market issue—it takes longer for them to roll out new products, as compared to their competitors who are selling financial products aimed at achieving the …

Industry Advised on Ethical Multi-Cultural Sales

“Ethical marketing in the multicultural market is needs-based selling at the most fundamental level,” according to Brian Atchinson, executive director of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), the ethics standards setting organization for the life insurance, long-term care insurance and …

TDI Recognizes IMSA as a Best Practices Organization

The Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) commended the Texas Department of Insurance for issuing a Commissioner’s Bulletin affirming that its examiners routinely use information provided by IMSA-member companies. According to the IMSA, Texas Commissioner of Insurance Jose Montemayor reported in …

Industry Must Improve Regulatory Procedures, Ethics Group Says

The Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) called for industry leaders to step up and take charge of efforts to improve regulatory procedures. IMSA executive director Brian Atchinson warned, The industry needs to move quickly and decisively to fix what’s wrong …

IMSA Says Market Changes Warrant State Regulatory Improvements

IMSA, the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association, has joined other insurance leaders in calling for improving state regulation of the industry so consumers can have more confidence in, and a better understanding of, what they are buying. In a letter to …