Life Insurance
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Bill Ends Tax Inequities On Health Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
By Arthur D. PostalBipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress to stop the federal tax inequities faced by same-sex couples when they receive employer-provided health care benefits.Specifically, under ...
June 10, 2007
Building Flexibility Into Estate Plans Using The Life SwapFlexibility in the tax planning of high net worth individuals is extremely important. When engaged in personal estate planning, these individuals express reluctance to tie ...
June 10, 2007
Insurers, Consumer Reps Criticize NAIC On Closed MeetingsBoth consumer advocates and insurers called on commissioners to open up their meetings so that input could be offered on what they say are "substantive" ...
June 10, 2007
Viatical Settlement Model Changes OK'dThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted amendments to the Viatical Settlements model act during its summer meeting here.The amended model was the first to ...
June 10, 2007
To Cut Health Claims, Wean Employees Off Popular Brand-Name DrugsSpending on prescription drugs has become the fastest growing component of health care expenditures today, rising more quickly than the cost of hospital or physician ...
June 10, 2007
Exercise Incentive Study Appears As Clubs Push For Tax BillsNew results from a fitness incentive program study could help health clubs lobby for tax breaks in Washington.The International Health, Racquet & Sports Club Association, ...
June 10, 2007
Supreme Court Backs Insurers In Credit Scoring CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court on June 4 unanimously backed the disclosure policies that 2 insurers follow when they use credit reports to assign a consumer ...
June 10, 2007
Record Shareholder Dividends Depressed Surplus Growth In 2006One hundred companies, comprising 85% of life insurance industry assets, paid a record $21.6 billion in shareholder dividends in 2006, according to data from Insurance ...