Sherman Antitrust Act
1890 law prohibiting monopolies and restraint of trade in interstate commerce. The Sherman Act was strengthened in 1914 with amendments known as the Clayton Act that added further prohibitions against price-fixing conspiracies. These federal antitrust laws at first were not applied to the insurance industry because of the 1869 Supreme Court ruling in Paul V. Virginia that insurance was not commerce and thus not subject to federal regulation. After the south-eastern underwriters association (SEUA) case in 1944 and passage of the mccarran-ferguson act (public law 15) in 1945, Congress made it clear that states would retain the power to regulate insurance but price-fixing and restraint of trade not sanctioned by state laws and regulations would be subject to federal antitrust prosecution.
Popular Insurance Terms
Authorization to borrow from the U.S. Treasury by the issuance of notes to the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury must approve the notes and their interest rates. The PBGC must be self ...
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Additional amount of accidental death and dismemberment insurance not provided by the employee benefit plan (standard group life plan) that may be chosen by the employee. Generally, the ...
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Authority derived from an agent's contract with an insurance company. ...
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Insurance policies covering various business risks. ...
Total of operating income plus realized capital gains (losses) from investment and underwriting operations minus federal income taxes. ...
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