"… eau. But insurance company executives—and the independent agents and brokers who sell their product — want lawmakers to be more charitable still …"

"… preserve insurers’ profits and protect the incomes of the agents and brokers. Insurers have always considered the commissions they pay agents and br …"

"… ers. Insurers have always considered the commissions they pay agents and brokers, whom they call “producers” because of the role they play in …"

"… regulations required by the reform law, rejected attempts by insurers and brokers to exempt commissions, saying the law didn’t permit them to do so. …"

"… cost was noteworthy. The sole national trade association for the mortgage broker industry distributed about $200,000 to 75 federal candidates over four yea …"

"… soared to about 65 percent of their giving.NAMB, representing the mortgage brokers, followed the pattern. In the 2008 cycle, the NAMB PAC distributed about …"

"… aw the bill as “a mosaic of little, bitty regulations that puts mortgage brokers at a disadvantage each step of the way.” DeLoach said some Democrats, s …"

"… e the planners typically provide the same services as investment advisers, broker—dealers, and insurance agents.Possible conflicts of interest exist if a …"

"… rs.What’s at stake, depending on who you ask, are the fates of insurance brokers and agents nationwide or the future of one of the most consumer-friendly …"

"… furiously debated. As the law has been interpreted by federal regulators, brokers’ fees are included not in the 80 to 85 percent for medical care but in …"

"… r health policy analyst at the nonprofit Consumers Union, does not believe broker and agent fees were envisioned as “care” when the MLR rule was put int …"

"… ay this is not what they had in mind,” she told the Center, and counting brokers as anything other than overhead “would effectively negate the MLR provi …"

"… other states hit hard by the foreclosure crisis, Wainer held a real estate broker and sales license along with his appraiser’s trainee license. Banned fro …"

"… whose licenses were revoked or surrendered kept their real estate sales or broker’s licenses. The violations that led to these appraisers losing their lic …"

"… f revoked appraisers to lists of currently licensed real estate agents and brokers, the Center identified 19 people who lost their appraisal licenses since …"

"… fied 19 people who lost their appraisal licenses since 2005 but kept their broker or sales licenses. Ten of the cases were in California; nine were in Flori …"

"… aunching a study for Congress about the conduct of investment advisers and broker dealers;• Proposing rules for conflicts of interest and disclosures by c …"

"… ts, investigators for the SEC interviewed Harken’s lawyer as well as the broker who’d sold Bush’s stock. Then, in 1993, the agency dropped the investi …"

"… ummeted.Under questioning by SEC investigators, Ralph Smith, a Los Angeles broker with Sutro & Company, who handled the sale, said that he solicited the …"

"… select naive and desperately poor women, and turn them into commodities by brokering them into the sex industries of affluent countries. Many find themselve …"

"… ve to do it. I had no option.”Soon after, she met Sergei, the racket’s broker, trafficker and ringleader, in a high-security flat in Kiev, 90 kilometres …"

"… ut because it was positioning itself for a potentially lucrative role as a broker of tradable “credits” for the release of carbon dioxide. Lay had playe …"

"… Exchange Commission meets to discuss whether to propose amendments to the broker-dealer reporting rule 17a-5. Meeting begins 1000 ET.International banking …"