Insurance Regulation Scandal Highlights Need for Strengthened Regulatory Oversight

Presents an evaluation of insur. regulatory oversight and info.-sharing in the matter of a highly publicized insur. invest. scam exposed in May 1999. Under indictment for embezzling more than $200 mill. in insur. co. assets over nearly an 8-year period is Martin Frankel. Mr. Frankel, a former securities broker who was barred from that industry in 1992, allegedly migrated to the insur. industry and operated as a rogue by engaging in illegal activity. This report: describes the alleged scam; evaluates the oversight and info.-sharing by insur. regulators; and identifies cross-financial-sector coord. issues, including those emanating from the scam.