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Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By Staff WriterShould the United States let an Indian insurance services firm bid for pieces of U.S. aerospace and defense contracts? NU Tech Guru Ara Trembly reacts ...
February 25, 2007
Study Sees $4 Trillion Tab For Health Care By 2016Increases in spending on prescription drugs are slowing, but they are still growing fast enough to contribute heavily to a 6.9% average annual growth in ...
February 25, 2007
Regulators Debate Premium Treatment Of ReinsuranceWhen regulators gather in New York next month, the treatment of premiums associated with reinsurance transactions and how that treatment affects surplus gain will be ...
February 25, 2007
IRS Rules On Life Policy Grantor Trust TransfersThe 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
Northwestern Mutual, Pacific Life Move Up In Dalbar RankingsWhile New York Life and Lincoln Life both retained their respective positions as first and second on the list of best consumer websites by insurance ...
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
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 ...