Life Insurance
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LTC Producers Report Mixed Sales
By Trevor ThomasSales of long term care insurance policies are down for 29% of the LTC producers who participated in a recent online survey but up for 27%.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: OCIIO Describes Changes Affecting Government PlansSelf-funded, nonfederal governmental health plans will be facing new enrollee protection requirements, Steve Larsen says.
September 22, 2010
PPACA: IRS May Extend Anti-Discrimination RulesThe 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
White House Press Secretary Mocks AHIPWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called America's Health Insurance Plans the "insurance protection lobby" Monday during a press briefing.
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
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.