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Systemic Risk Bill Includes Insurers
By Staff WriterDrafters of the new systemic risk bill proposal have applied roughly the same to rules to insurers that they apply to other financial services companies.
October 28, 2009
Bill Mills of SIA Group named to Jacksonville Onslow Committee of 100Bill Mills, vice president of SIA Group, Raleigh, N.C., has been named to the Jacksonville Onslow Committee of 100. The Committee of 100 is a group of business leaders that work to stimulate, encourage and promote economic development in Onslow County.
October 28, 2009
North American Company offers new Guaranteed Universal Life and Term Life Insurance ProductsNorth American Company, Chicago, has released its revised guaranteed universal life insurance product, Custom Guarantee, along with enhancements to its term life insurance product, ADDvantage.
October 28, 2009
Systemic Risk Bill Includes InsurersDrafters of the new systemic risk bill proposal have applied roughly the same to rules to insurers that they apply to other financial services companies.
October 28, 2009
Retirement age not getting any closerThe U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. released the latest edition of its "Unretirement" Index on Oct. 22, revealing some interesting - and of course (these days) scary - findings.
October 28, 2009
Editorial comment: Why fix what is not broken?Finally. Some common sense seems to be emerging in Congressional consideration of retirement product provider regulation. The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency will now exempt providers of retirement products from CFPA oversight.
October 28, 2009
Tech Bits: Sircon, Lincoln National, TranscendA unit of Vertafore Inc. has released the latest version of its Sircon for Carriers Platform system.
October 28, 2009
Agents Win Fiduciary Standard Safe Harbor BattleThe House Financial Services Committee has agreed to an amendment that could ease the effects of a "standard of care" provision on producers who sell a limited menu of investment products.