Archive for April, 2009

CONTINGENT CLAIMS

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Contingent claims are derivatives in which the payoffs occur if a specific event happens. We generally refer to these types of derivatives as options. Specifically, an option is a financial instrument that gives one party the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset from or ...

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES

Friday, April 10th, 2009

The Department joined the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project. As a member state,in most cases,a course approved by a participating state will be accepted by other participating states by submitting a standard filing form. This project should reduce the time needed to review ...