How To Be Proactive In The Face Of Ever-Changing Federal Regulation
By Scott KemmererBySweeping federal legislation passed in the wake of September 11 has had significant impact on the insurance industry, but few details have been provided regarding ...
April 06, 2003
In A Switch, SERPS Are Being Funded With Fixed AnnuitiesIn A Switch, SERPS Are Being Funded With Fixed AnnuitiesBy Douglas I. FriedmanOne result of the stock markets volatility is that clients are now choosing ...
April 06, 2003
Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion in 2002Fixed Index Annuity Sales Hit New Record Of $11.7 Billion In 2002ByFixed index annuities continued on their record-setting sales track, producing $11.67 billion in sales ...
April 06, 2003
Retirement Savings House Bill ReadiedByWashington Reps. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Ben Cardin, D-Md., are expected to introduce legislation this week that would increase the incentives for retirement savings and ...
April 06, 2003
NAIC Reasserts Its Opposition To Association Health PlansNAIC Reasserts Its Opposition To Association Health PlansByFending off criticism that they had veered from their stance opposing association health plans, state insurance regulators reiterated ...
April 06, 2003
Producers Seen As The Dominating Distribution Force In The FutureByOrlando, Fla. Producers will be the dominating force in distribution of life insurance products in the future, said Timothy Tongson, consulting actuary, Milliman USA, Minneapolis.Of ...
April 06, 2003
Regulators Told Market Conduct Focus Is Best Answer To Federal RegulationByAtlanta Efforts to streamline and update market conduct efforts may be state insurance regulators best response to any challenge to the relevancy of state insurance ...
April 06, 2003
As Interest Rates Fall, Fixed Annuities Hit Highs And VA Fixed Accounts RiseBy Eric Sondergeld and Daniel Q. BeatriceWhen annuity sales declined in 2001, it was only the second time since 1985 that annual sales dropped from ...