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FRC To New NewRiver Data
By Staff WriterFinancial Research Corp. will be using information about 529 college savings plans from NewRiver Inc. in customer reports and consulting services.
March 29, 2010
Interested Parties Start To Read PPACA, Find Surprises (Updated)Insurer executives, congressional staffers, lobbyists, lawyers, consumer activists and others are starting to pore over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of Congress and a sister measure.
March 29, 2010
FIA Fly-In: Participants May Have Signed 15 New CosponsorsThe producers and others who went to Washington earlier this month to support a bill that would define fixed indexed annuities as insurance products may have lined up about 15 new cosponsors in the House.
March 29, 2010
NAIC Acts On Annuity Suitability, Contract ResalesThe National Association of Insurance Commission has revised an annuity consumer protection model and announced plans to hold hearings on the growing secondary market for annuities.
March 29, 2010
IRS Avoids Life PBR Pronouncements In VA NoticeThe Internal Revenue Service has issued advice about applying new variable annuity reserve valuation methods without coming to any conclusions about principles-based reserves for life insurance.
March 26, 2010
Survey: Most Agents Think Health Moves Will HurtAbout 88% of health insurance agents are expecting the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to drive up group health rates.
March 26, 2010
HealthWell: Underinsured Still Need More HelpThe new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may help many consumers pay their health bills, but it will leave many gaps in coverage, a nonprofit group says.
March 26, 2010
Insuritas Lands United Federal CUUnited Federal Credit Union has picked Insuritas Inc. to support its insurance operations.