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Deborah Koff Ross: So my question to you, I guess, as a result is, if we impose the bank-centric capital requirements on insurance…

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
So my question to you, I guess, as a result is, if we impose the bank-centric capital requirements on insurance companies, would that have done anything to have saved AIG from its financial collapse of 5 years ago?
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Ross questions the effectiveness of bank-centric capital requirements in preventing financial collapses like AIG's.

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