OCC Preempts Parts Of West Virginia Bank Insurance Sales Law
By Steven BrostoffByWashington The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has determined that four provisions of a West Virginia law regulating bank insurance sales are ...
October 07, 2001
DOL Allows Loans To Plans Facing Liquidity ProblemsDOL Allows Loans To Plans Facing Liquidity Problems By Steven BrostoffWashington Insurance companies will be able to provide interest-free loans to pension plans facing short-term ...
October 07, 2001
GICs Offer Shelter Amid Market VolatilityByThe strong performance of stocks in the 1990s left a majority of 401(k) plan advisors and participants leaning toward stocks and stock funds, away from ...
October 07, 2001
Internet Proves Useful For Employee Benefits CommunicationsByInsurance companies may find the Internet to be a useful tool to help reach employee benefits communications goals.Many companies are currently offering a variety of ...
October 07, 2001
Bringing LTC Insurance To The WorksiteByLong-term care insurance is fast becoming a sought-after worksite product, but we have barely touched the surface: fewer than 3% of all U.S. workers ...
October 07, 2001
Falling Interest Rates Put Some Planning Techniques In PlayFalling Interest Rates Put Some Planning Techniques In PlayByIn todays falling interest rate environment, some sophisticated planning techniques, such as Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs), ...
October 07, 2001
USERRA Protects Activated Guard Members and ReservistsByThe United States depends heavily these days on 1.5 million members of the military reserves, National Guard and state guard units to help protect the ...
October 07, 2001
Managed Care Wholesaler Trims Number Of Insurers InvolvedManaged Care Wholesaler Trims Number Of Insurers InvolvedByThe five remaining insurer-owners of Private Healthcare Systems Inc., Waltham, Mass., a large wholesale managed care company, have ...