Uniform policy provisions are a set of mandatory and optional provisions included in health insurance policies.
There are 12 mandatory and 11 optional items for use by insurance companies.
Each state has created its own version of the law, which provides a single individual accident and illness law, detailing which provisions are mandatory and which are optional.
The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 was a legislative response to bank failures during the Great Depression and public distrust in the US financial system.
The 2,000 investor limit or rule is a key threshold for private businesses that are unwilling to disclose financial information for public consumption.
The 500 shareholder threshold was a rule set by the SEC that required companies to publicly disclose financial statements and other information if they reached 500 or more individual shareholders.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace and in employment.
Autarky refers to a state of self-sufficiency and is commonly used to describe countries or economies that seek to reduce their dependence on international trade.
The Basel Accords are part of a series of three international banking regulatory meetings that established capital requirements and risk measurements for global banks.