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IRS Adds Variable Annuity Issues to To-Do List
By Staff WriterTax accounting issues of interest to variable annuity issuers have made it onto the guidance development project list at the Internal Revenue Service.
August 17, 2011
Variable Annuity Change Rate DoublesThe pace of variable annuity product changes increased dramatically in the second quarter, according to analysts at Morningstar Inc.
August 17, 2011
Retirement Groups to IRS: Keep CE Provider StandardsRetirement plan professional groups are asking the Internal Revenue Service to stick with the current registration process for continuing education programs.
August 17, 2011
Warren Buffett: Is he right?It was hard not to hear about billionaire Warren Buffett's opinion piece in The New York Times on Monday, which urged Congress to raise taxes on the super-rich to help cut the federal budget deficit.
August 17, 2011
Winning the war against tire kickersHere are a few simple things that can help you to overcome the problem.
August 17, 2011
PPACA: Feds Try to Make Coverage Easier to UnderstandFederal agencies have unveiled proposals for a glossary and a summary of benefits and coverage template that are supposed to make health coverage easier for consumers to understand.
August 17, 2011
Find your hidden money: Part IIn my next two columns, I'll be covering the specific questions we need to think through in order to find our hidden money.
August 17, 2011
ACLI to NAIC: Some Asset-Backed Securities are Different from OthersThe American Council of Life Insurers wants insurance regulators to distinguish between different types of non-mortgage asset-based securities when rating ABS assets.