Edward Stone was a scheduled speaker at the 2024 Fasano Longevity Conference, presenting to attendees on recent insurance company insolvencies, including Columbian Mutual (New York, 2024) and PHL Variable (Connecticut, 2024).
Edward Stone participated in the Institutional Longevity Markets Association (ILMA) investor summit on June 11, 2024, speaking to Association members and guests on insurance company insolvencies.
Edward Stone testified before the ERISA Advisory Council in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2023 on behalf of Retirees for Justice, the Association of BellTel Retirees, Inc., the Association of DuPont Retirees Inc., and GE Retiree Solutions about the importance of accountability and transparency for retirees in pension risk transfer transactions. The ERISA Advisory Council […]
Edward Stone will be a guest speaker at the 2023 Society of Settlement Planners Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Stone will be speaking on Cordero v. Transamerica Annuity Serv. Corp.: Understanding the Implications. Attorney Stephen Harris of the Law Office of Stephen Harris will join Mr. Stone on this panel.
Edward Stone will be a guest speaker at the Society of Settlement Planners Annual Conference in Las Vegas on March 2, 2017. Edward Stone and John Darer will participate in a panel discussion on current developments in the structured settlement secondary market.
Edward Stone testified before the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (ERISA Advisory Council) on May 28, 2015. Stone testified on the need for disclosures to retirees both pre and post pension risk transfers. Recommended disclosures prior to pension risk transfer included: A detailed disclosure statement that contains […]
Edward Stone will be a guest speaker at the Society of Settlement Planners 2015 Annual Conference in Las Vegas on March 30, 2015. Mr. Stone’s presentation will focus on the risks to settlement planners in the aftermath of the Executive Life Insurance Company of New York (ELNY) failed rehabilitation and eventual liquidation.
Edward Stone spoke at the Society of Settlement Planners, 2014 Annual Conference in New Orleans on April 28th. Mr. Stone’s presentation, “ELNY – Lessons Learned and the Impact Going Forward” was well received by those attending the conference. For those settlement planners present who were not active in the industry over 20 years ago when […]
On behalf of ProtectSeniors.org, a retiree advocacy group, Edward Stone debated the issue of pension de-risking at the Spring 2014 National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) meeting in Savannah, Georgia on March 9th with Prudential Insurance’s pension expert, Dylan Tyson. Moderated by Rep. George Keiser (ND), former NCOIL President, the debate addressed questions such as […]
Edward Stone will participate in a point-counterpoint debate on pension de-risking at the NCOIL (National Conference of Insurance Legislators) spring meeting held in Savannah, Georgia March 7-9, 2014. The proposed Pension De-Risking Model Act, sponsored by Rep. George Keiser (ND) would establish protections at the state level for retirees whose pension benefits were transferred from […]
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