Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
ACLI Working To Drum Up Support For OFC Legislation
By Matt BradyThe life industry last week sought to build support for optional federal charter legislation introduced in the Senate by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Sen. ...
June 03, 2007
The Life Insurance-Funded Roth IRA ConversionMany owners of traditional IRAs will not use up all the funds in their IRAs during their lifetimes. IRA balances are often passed on at ...
June 03, 2007
OFC Seems To Be Gaining MomentumAs evidenced by movement on several fronts, momentum seems to be growing for both life and property casualty insurers to have an option to operate ...
June 02, 2007
IRS To Let Employers Speed Up HSA ContributionsHealth savings account plan sponsors may be able to accelerate payments to help employees who face big medical bills early in the year.The Internal Revenue ...
June 02, 2007
Safe Harbor Plans Can Add Roth Programs Mid-YearRetirement plan sponsors can make at least 2 types of changes in the middle of the year without changing the administrative status of their plans.Internal ...
June 01, 2007
Life Settlement Special ReportHow to identify life settlement candidatesLife settlements provide a value-added service for clients. Making sure they are an appropriate financial planning tool for seniors requires some close attention to the details. 5 life settlement
June 01, 2007
Health Net Completes Guardian Venture DealA West Coast managed care company has bought out a partner that was helping it run a health insurance business in the Northeast.Health Net Inc., ...
June 01, 2007
IRS Publishes Substitute Pension Mortality Table DetailsThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with an explanation of how large employers can develop their own plan-specific mortality tables.The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. ...