Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
House Panel OKs HSA Expansion Bill
By Arthur D. PostalThe House Ways and Means Committee reported out legislation on Sept. 27 that expands the attractiveness of Health Savings Accounts, although the outlook for final ...
October 01, 2006
IRS Targets New 'Transactions Of Interest'The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department recently released final regulations on the disclosure of reportable transactions (i.e., potentially tax avoidance transactions), and included ...
October 01, 2006
ACLI Asks CFP Board To Keep Rules FocusedThe American Council of Life Insurers is asking the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to keep the language in a proposed revision to its ...
October 01, 2006
New COLI Provision Could Be Trap For The UnwaryWhile a large portion of the new Pension Protection Act relates to qualified plans, a very important provision related to life insurance was also included ...
October 01, 2006
IRS Targets New 'Transactions Of Interest'The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department recently released final regulations on the disclosure of reportable transactions (i.e., potentially tax avoidance transactions), and included ...
October 01, 2006
OFC Bill Introduced In HouseLegislation was introduced on Sept. 28 in the House to create an optional federal charter that is being called a "companion" bill to similar legislation ...
October 01, 2006
2Q Variable Life Sales Rose 2.2% Over 1QVariable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 40 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the second quarter of 2006 ...
October 01, 2006
Group Life Terrorism Coverage Resurfaces As Issue In HearingsThe issue of increasing protections from terrorism in the group life market was raised during a Sept. 27 joint hearing of 2 House Financial Services ...