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IRS Consolidates Accounting Change Guidance
By Staff WriterThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with a 325-page guide to getting automatic consent for accounting method changes.
January 11, 2011
Producers on Federal Charters: Premium Tax Revenue a Non-IssueInsurance agents and brokers who support creation of a federal insurance charter say predictions that a federal charter would reduce state premium tax revenue are misleading.
January 11, 2011
FDIC to Avoid Insurance Asset LiensInsurance industry commenters are questioning a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposal that would give it broad discretion to decide whether to put liens on insurer assets.
January 10, 2011
Editor's Blog: Shots FiredNow that the PPACA repeal vote has been postponed, Bill Coffin believes we have both the opportunity and the motivation to rethink how we debate our most important political decisions.
January 10, 2011
Just Another BirthdayJanuary 1st, 2011 officially marks the first day when the Boomers start turning 65. You would think that the life & health industry would have selling to the Boomers all figured out.
January 10, 2011
Benefits 2011: Emerging IssuesHealth underwriting delays and executive benefits cuts could be some of the benefits trends cropping up in the coming year, benefits brokers say.
January 10, 2011
Poe on PPACA: Repeal "Totalitarian Act"Rep. Ted Poe has called for the new Congress to repeal the new federal health care law and "right a wrong that has been forcibly placed like chains on the American people."
January 10, 2011
Preparing for BattleHealth insurance agents are mobilizing in 2011 to secure changes in reform legislation that ensure they have a role in the industry going forward.