Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
What Happens If Your Insurance Company Fails? (CBS MoneyWatch)
By Staff WriterWhat happens when an insurance company fails? This is one question it's important to know the answer to if you're considering the purchase of an immediate annuity to generate retirement income.
February 09, 2012
IRS to Business Owners: Did You File Your 1099s?Business owners will find two new questions on their income tax forms this year.
February 09, 2012
The End of the Stretch IRA?This useful estate transfer tool may be doomed if lawmakers approve a recently introduced bill.
February 09, 2012
Lincoln Financial: A $710 Million Swing from Black to RedLincoln Financial announced yesterday a fourth quarter net income loss of $514 million compared to a net income of $196 million in 2010, a $710 million swing from black to red.
February 08, 2012
Losing Altitude (The Economist)If there was a positive spin on the final quarter of 2011, and the overall year, it was that things were worse three years ago.
February 08, 2012
Taxpayers Underreporting Retirement Income (Accounting Today)The IRS largely agreed with recommendations for increasing taxpayer compliance made by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, but did question whether reporting on distribution and rollover contribution dates would be beneficial.
February 08, 2012
How the IRS is Catching Taxpayers Who Underreport Retirement Income (Forbes)The task of determining how much tax you owe on retirement income is not an easy one, and taxpayers consistently get it wrong.
February 08, 2012
Markets Remain Upbeat over Greek Debt DealMarkets remained hopeful Wednesday that a long-awaited deal to allow Greece to claim its second bailout was near despite another delay to discussions between the country's political leaders.