Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
AALU Pushes OFC, Bashes STOLI
By Arthur D. PostalAssociation for Advanced Life Underwriting officials last week made clear they support legislation creating an optional federal charter for insurance.They also said they "applaud" the ...
May 11, 2008
Holocaust Claims Bill Sparks DebateLegislation that would allow Holocaust survivors to file suit over insurance policies from that era was the subject of debate at a hearing of the ...
May 11, 2008
Estate Planning For The 'Non-Traditional' CoupleSame-sex couples do not enjoy the rights afforded to heterosexual counterparts under federal law, but strategies are available to help them achieve their estate planning ...
May 11, 2008
AALU Speaker: 2009-10 Will Be 'Mother Of All Tax Writing Periods'Congress could decide next year to extend the estate tax provision levels now scheduled for 2009 into 2010 while it continues to fashion a permanent ...
May 11, 2008
Transferring A Business Using A Family Limited PartnershipSome common elements inherent among founding owners of closely held family-operated businesses are a strong work ethic and an unmitigated will to succeed. These people ...
May 10, 2008
Pay For Performance--More Timely Than EverA recession, which economists forecast is on the horizon (if not already upon us) is normally associated with sweeping job cuts and business retrenchment. But for many highly valued executives...
May 09, 2008
GAO: The Other Social Security Crisis. . .The federal government soon may have trouble supplying the people necessary to help aging boomers with Social Security retirement and disability benefits concerns.The Social Security ...
May 09, 2008
CIGNA Adds Elder Information ResourcesA managed care company is offering Medicare plan members access to a Web reference service.CIGNA Senior & Retiree Services, a unit of CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, ...