On Embarrassment
By Steve PiontekIt seems like Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist finally is going to achieve his long articulated but equally long unrealized ambition to bring legislation to ...
May 29, 2005
Making The Case For ConsistencyThe marketplace for financial products has long been subject to a disjointed array of state and federal laws and regulations. For any consumer trying to ...
May 29, 2005
Be Careful What You Ask ForIn the battle over stranger-owned life insurance, the American Council of Life Insurers upped the ante considerably on May 8 when its board voted overwhelmingly ...
May 22, 2005
Earning PowerIf, after having seen our "Mega Million Paydays" cover, you haven't already turned to page 12 to read the story, I'd be pretty surprised.Why? Well, ...
May 22, 2005
Part D AmnestyWill they or won't they?That is indeed the question. Not for Hamlet but for the millions of seniors who did not register for the Medicare ...
May 22, 2005
Last LaughThose who are planning to die in 2010 or who may be advising clients that that year would be the optimal time to kick the ...
May 15, 2005
All The RageIt's getting to the point where you expect the National Conference of Insurance Legislators to get so worked up that it ineluctably hurtles into recreating ...
May 08, 2005
Silly SeasonPlease take this as a well-meant warning. We are entering that time of the political cycle when all sorts of absurdities will be emanating from ...
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