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IRS Rules On Life Policy Grantor Trust Transfers
By Staff WriterThe Internal Revenue Service has issued a batch of guidance that could affect life insurance policyholders and others who use trusts to transfer policies.The guidance, ...
February 25, 2007
Bill Extends CRA Mandates To InsurersTwo representatives of predominately minority districts in the House have announced plans to introduce legislation that would impose Community Reinvestment Act mandates on insurance companies.Jack ...
February 25, 2007
Transitional Guidance For Cash Balance PlansThe Internal Revenue Service has issued a new notice providing transitional guidance for cash balance plans. It also announced that its moratorium has been lifted ...
February 25, 2007
Bill Extends CRA Mandates To InsurersTwo representatives of predominately minority districts in the House have announced plans to introduce legislation that would impose Community Reinvestment Act mandates on insurance companies.Jack ...
February 25, 2007
The Economics OfIt has now been over 3 years since the U.S. Treasury finalized its regulations related to split-dollar arrangements. There remains a significant misunderstanding as to ...
February 25, 2007
McCarran Repeal Legislation IntroducedLegislation introduced in the Senate on Feb. 15 that would repeal the insurance industry's antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act would impose federal regulation on ...
February 25, 2007
Scottish Re Losses SoarPoor financial results have increased uncertainty over the future of Scottish Re Group Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda.The reinsurer's fourth quarter and full-year 2006 financial report prompted ...
February 25, 2007
The Economics OfIt has now been over 3 years since the U.S. Treasury finalized its regulations related to split-dollar arrangements. There remains a significant misunderstanding as to ...