Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
House Passes 1099 Fix Bill
By Arthur D. PostalMembers 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 02, 2011
PPACA: What if It Really Happens?Researchers have tried to estimate how the Affordable Care Act would affect each state if the major health coverage provisions were already in effect.
March 02, 2011
HHS: Costly Early Retiree Numbers VaryEarly Retiree Reinsurance Program figures show that the number of early retirees with annual covered costs over $15,000 is much higher for some large plan sponsors than for others.
March 02, 2011
IRS Looks at Employer Stock TradabilityThe Internal Revenue Service has given taxpayers advice about how to interpret the phrases "readily tradable on an established securities market" and "readily tradable on an established market" with respect to employer securities.
March 02, 2011
BOLI Assets GrowThe U.S. bank-owned life insurance asset total increased to about $140 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2010, up 4.8% from the total recorded a year earlier, according to Michael White Associates L.L.C.
March 02, 2011
IFEBP Gets Value-Based Health GrantThe International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has started a formal effort to promote use of value-based health care strategies at government health plans and multiemployer plans.
March 02, 2011
Medicare Fraud Attracts GangstersSome criminals who might have sold drugs or run numbers in days gone by are now trying their hand at Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
March 02, 2011
MetLife Approves AIG Securities SaleAmerican International Group Inc. says it has moved a step closer toward being able to repay the federal government for help received during the recent credit market crisis.