| We oppose applying a security industry “best interest” standard to fixed annuities. We remain steadfast in our position the fixed annuity marketplace is appropriately and effectively regulated by the existing Suitability Model and the wide range of other laws governing annuity sales, annuity salespeople and insurance companies. We believe the best interest regulation, as drafted, will cause real damage by inviting second guessing and litigation, chasing away fixed agents, upsetting the independent agent distribution model, and stifling innovation and consumer choice in the marketplace.
[W]e submit that in order for insurance companies and producers to comply with, administer, and supervise a best interest regulation for insurance products, the suitability model must incorporate specific objective criteria. as follows….
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