Life Insurance
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PPACA: IRS May Extend Anti-Discrimination Rules
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is asking how it ought to go about applying rules discouraging discrimination by self-insured employer health plans to insured group plans.
September 22, 2010
Dodd-Frank Act: Transamerica Develops GuidesTransamerica Life Insurance Company has prepared one guide to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for agents and one for consumers.
September 22, 2010
NAIC Posts STOA StopperAn arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has drafted a model bulletin that would encourage insurers to guard against participating in stranger-originated annuity transactions.
September 22, 2010
Dental: The Gum CrisisThe prevalence of periodontal disease in the United States may be 50% higher than previously thought.
September 22, 2010
Tim Stonehocker joins UNIFI Companies to lead the individual division and broker-dealerTim Stonehocker has been elected executive vice president - individual and AIC (Ameritas Investment Corp.) for UNIFI Companies.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: Obama Meets with State RegulatorsPresident Obama today met with 35 state and territory insurance commissioners and talked about the role they will play in implementing the Affordable Care Act.
September 22, 2010
Estate tax uncertainty: Are you protecting your clients' blind side?You may have seen an interesting report in Monday's Wall Street Journal, which took aim at estate tax uncertainty.
September 22, 2010
Fidelity Life adds universal life to its Rapid Decision family of productsFidelity Life Association, Oak Brook, Ill., has announced the launch of its Rapid Decision Universal Life product.