Life Insurance
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Bernanke: Public Employee Benefits Costs Threaten Sustainability
By Allison BellState and local governments have to get health and pension costs under control, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a Citizens Budget Commission event.
March 03, 2011
Boomers increasingly seek health info onlineThe recently concluded Medicare annual enrollment period demonstrated that baby boomers are more and more comfortable researching and purchasing Medicare and other health care services online.
March 03, 2011
AnnuitySpecs.com: Indexed Product Sales RiseSales of indexed annuities and indexed life insurance policies were significantly higher in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to AnnuitySpecs.com.
March 03, 2011
Boomers increasingly seek health info onlineThe recently concluded Medicare annual enrollment period demonstrated that baby boomers are more and more comfortable researching and purchasing Medicare and other health care services online.
March 03, 2011
PPACA: Vinson Stays Ruling Declaring Act UnconstitutionalA Florida judge has given the Obama administration at least 7 more days to proceed with implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 03, 2011
House Passes 1099 Fix BillMembers of the House today voted 314-112 to pass H.R. 4, a bill that would repeal the new, expanded Form 1099 tax reporting requirements created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
March 03, 2011
The $19 Trillion QuestionBudget analysts are predicting that the federal debt will increase to 75% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by September 30, 2012, up from 62% of GDP just two years earlier.
March 03, 2011
7 Non-Traditional Disability Conversations to Have With EmployersStatistically, most insurance professionals do not sell disability insurance, and of those who do, they sell it so infrequently that the process can quickly become an unfamiliar chore.