Running Your Business
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TARP Watchdog Eyes AIG Aid Math
By Arthur D. PostalThe Troubled Asset Relief Program auditor is questioning recent U.S. Treasury Department projections of the performance of government investments in American International Group Inc.
October 25, 2010
Nationwide Offers Inflation ProtectionNationwide Financial Services Inc. is appealing to annuity buyers who have concerns about future price stability.
October 25, 2010
SPARK: Think Before Doing Roth ConversionsA retirement services trade group is encouraging employers to think about the implications before using a new 401(k) and 403(b) plan Roth conversion law.
October 25, 2010
Insurers to the G-20: We're Not BanksLife insurers are joining with property-casualty insurers worldwide to ask the Group of 20 to distinguish between the banking industry and the insurance industry when trying to address systemic risk.
October 25, 2010
Shoot the MoonA great deal is at stake in this mid-term, and it reminds me of the 1994 "Republican Revolution" in which the GOP won control of Congress off the backlash against the Clinton administration's efforts to create a national healthcare plan.
October 25, 2010
What's Wrong With Florida? ...and with Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California...An avid reader called us here in the Hoboken, N.J., office of National Underwriter and said, "I live in Florida. Why is it that every questionable life insurance and annuity sales practice seems to start or take off here?"
October 25, 2010
There's No Escaping Federal RegulationWhile there is disagreement amongst advocates of continued state regulation of insurance, there is considerable evidence that as federal regulators start to implement the Dodd-Frank financial services reform act.
October 25, 2010
Taking the InitiativeWith just over a week left until mid-term elections, races for the many governorships and Congressional seats at stake are kicking into high gear. In ...