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Thrivent Accounting Policy Head: New Rules Help to Distinguish Real Bonds From Disguised Equity

Tip Tipton, head of accounting policy, Thrivent, said new National Association of Insurance Commissioners bond classification rules are forcing insurers to distinguish genuine bonds from "packaged . . .

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