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IRS Avoids Life PBR Pronouncements In VA Notice
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service has issued advice about applying new variable annuity reserve valuation methods without coming to any conclusions about principles-based reserves for life insurance.
March 29, 2010
Royal Neighbors' Darcy Smith Awarded Fraternalist of the YearRoyal Neighbors of America's Darcy Smith, of Aledo, Ill., was named a 2010 Fraternalist of the Year by the Illinois Fraternal Congress (IFC).
March 29, 2010
IRS Avoids Life PBR Pronouncements In VA NoticeThe Internal Revenue Service has issued advice about applying new variable annuity reserve valuation methods without coming to any conclusions about principles-based reserves for life insurance.
March 28, 2010
FIA Fly-In: Participants May Have Signed 15 New CosponsorsThe producers and others who went to Washington earlier this month to support a bill that would define fixed indexed annuities as insurance products may have lined up about 15 new cosponsors in the House.
March 26, 2010
Survey: Most Agents Think Health Moves Will HurtAbout 88% of health insurance agents are expecting the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to drive up group health rates.
March 26, 2010
HealthWell: Underinsured Still Need More HelpThe new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may help many consumers pay their health bills, but it will leave many gaps in coverage, a nonprofit group says.
March 26, 2010
Health Bills Seem To Be Silent On Medical TourismU.S. medical tourism providers may be able continue business as usual after the big new health bills start to take effect.
March 26, 2010
H.R. 3590 And H.R. 4872: A National Underwriter Guide To A New Health Reform WorldThe signing of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act bill, and PPACA's sister, H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act bill, may put the country on a regulatory journey that will last for decades.