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Hartford Study: Small Business Owners Are Confident About the Next Two Years
By Warren S. HerschBut survey finds that burdensome federal regulations and hiring qualified employees pose significant challenges; state of business will influence small business owner voting in 2012.
November 08, 2011
Key NAIC Panel Approves ORSA, a Group Supervision Requirement of Solvency IISolvency Modernization gets on board with part of the international standards in insurance movement, although ORSA may not be fully implemented until Jan 2014, there is broad consensus that this will be a beneficial move for the industry.
November 08, 2011
Look at How Humana Explains Health Care Reform (Ragan)Humana has put together a comprehensive newsletter for brokers, offering a summary of the most recent happenings in and out of Washington.
November 08, 2011
NAIC Names Jim Woody CFOWood replaces Brady Kelley as the second-in-command at the executive level of the NAIC.
November 08, 2011
Regulators' Document Mishaps Irk Wall Street (Reuters)In the last month, Wall Street's top regulators became subject to the same kind of scrutiny they regularly dish out to securities firms.
November 08, 2011
D.C. Circuit Upholds PPACA ConstitutionalityThe judges analyze the question of whether the individual coverage ownership penalty is really a tax.
November 08, 2011
Report: Brokerage Fee Income at BHCs Achieves Record HighBank holding companies set new records in insurance brokerage fee income in the second quarter and year-to-date in the first half of 2011, the report finds.
November 08, 2011
LIMRA: Only Half of Consumers Know Their Multi-Line Carrier Offers Life InsuranceAlmost 1 in 3 people who buy life insurance from a company other than their auto insurer are not aware their multi-line company offers the product, the study reveals.