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Testimony and speeches


Casualty

Testimony for a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on proposed bill S. 3305, which would raise the statutory limit of liability of some entities responsible for oil spills. (June 2010)

Testimony and follow-up comments at NAIC public hearing on credit-based insurance scores (April 2009)

Testimony for a National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) hearing on asbestos litigation reform (July 10, 2003)

Written testimony on credit scoring, submitted for a House hearing on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (June 4, 2003)

Testimony for a Senate hearing on medical malpractice insurance (March 13, 2003)

Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on asbestos litigation issues and trends (March 5, 2003)

Testimony at a House subcommittee hearing on medical liability reform, follow-up comments, and a response to additional questions from subcommittee members (February, March 2005)

Testimony for a House hearing on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 27, 2003)

Statement for a Senate hearing on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 11, 2003)

Testimony for a House field hearing in Pennsylvania on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 10, 2003)

Supplemental testimony for a Senate hearing on asbestos litigation (Oct. 2, 2002)

Testimony for a Senate hearing on asbestos litigation (Sept. 25, 2002)

Follow-up comments after testimony at a House hearing on medical malpractice insurance (July 31, 2002)

Testimony at a House hearing on medical malpractice insurance (July 17, 2002)

Testimony for the Senate Banking Committee as it considered terrorism insurance proposals (Oct. 25, 2001)

Health

Testimony about dependent health benefits at an NCOIL public hearing (July 2008)

Written testimony for an NAIC hearing on increasing health costs, plus slides used in oral testimony (May 20008)

Testimony for a House hearing on using private reinsurance to expand the medical coverage offered by small businesses (May 24, 2007)

Statement for a House hearing on the uninsured (March 9, 2004)

Statement for a House hearing on health care tax credits (Feb. 13, 2002)

Life

Testimony for a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) public hearing on Stranger Originated Life Annuities (May 20, 2010).

Medicare

Statement for a House hearing on Medicare prescription drug coverage (April 9, 2003)

Statement for a House hearing on prescription drug coverage for seniors (Sept. 28, 1999)

Medicare + Choice testimony for a Senate hearing (June 9, 1999)

Testimony on HCFA's health status risk adjustor methodology, for a House hearing (March 18, 1999)

Pension

Presentation to ERISA advisory council meeting about DB and DC distribution options (July 2005)

Testimony for a Senate hearing on the PBGC and pension funding reform (April 26, 2005), news release (April 26, 2005), and follow-up letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy (May 31, 2005)

Testimony for a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on single-employer pension funding reform (March 8, 2005)

Testimony by Ken Kent at a congressional hearing on pension system reform (April 29, 2004)

A presentation by Ron Gebhardtsbauer on DB vs. DC plans at an international forum on retirement security (March 4, 2004)

A statement to the ERISA Advisory Council on funding problems facing the traditional pension system (July 24, 2003)

Testimony for a House Education and Workforce subcommittee hearing on pension security (June 4, 2003)

Testimony for a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on pension funding problems (April 30, 2003)

Testimony for a Senate Finance Committee hearing on funding challenges for DB plans (March 11, 2003)

Statement on temporary regulation 1.401(a)9)-6T for an IRS hearing (Oct. 9, 2002)

Testimony for a House hearing on retirement security and DB pension plans(June 20, 2002)

Presentation to the ERISA Advisory Counci l on preparing for retirement (July 17, 2001)

Statement for a Senate hearing on cash balance plans (June 5, 2000)

Testimony for a Senate hearing on hybrid pension plans (Sept. 21, 1999)

Testimony on cash balance plans to ERISA Advisory Council (May and June 1999)

Statement to Erisa Advisory Council working group on surplus pension assets (May 5, 1999)

Testimony to ERISA Advisory Council on pension “leakage” (June 9, 1998)

Testimony for House hearing on pension reform issues (June 1996)

Social Security

Testimony for a House hearing on strengthening Social Security, plus background material cited in the testimony (June 14, 2005)

Testimony for a House hearing on informing the public about Social Security(April 11, 2000)

"Social Security Options and Their Effects on Different Demographic Groups," (a speech for a congressionally sponsored town forum), with slides (compressed/ zipped) used to illustrate it (June 21, 1999)

"Social Security Reform Options and Their Implications for Women,"prepared for a nationwide teleconference on women and Social Security (Jan. 23, 1999)

Pre-1999 testimony and speeches

Testimony for a House hearing on homeowner's insurance regulation (April 23, 1998)

Statement for a National Commission on Retirement Policy hearing on Social Security individual account reform options (March 5, 1998)

Testimony for a House hearing on the Social Security retirement age (Feb. 26, 1998)

Speech for a White House conference on pension reform (Providence, R.I., 1998)

Testimony for House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on “the future of Social Security for this generation and the next” (June 1997)


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