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GAO Eyes 401(k) Leakage
By Allison BellCongress and federal agencies should take steps to discourage retirement plan participants from withdrawing assets early, according to U.S. Government Accountability Office officials.
September 24, 2009
Disability Kit OfferedAssurant Employee Benefits has developed materials that can help inform employers about tax-advantaged long-term and short-term disability insurance plans.
September 24, 2009
Planning Tool ReleasedInsurance Insight Group L.L.C. has introduced the Wealth & Income Planner system.
September 24, 2009
Carriers Slam Tax ProposalHealth insurers say imposing new taxes on them in an effort to pay to expand access to coverage would backfire.
September 24, 2009
NAIC Acts On SVLThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has updated the Standard Valuation Law to reflect "principles based" reserving ideas.
September 24, 2009
Settlement Curbs ProbedThe Kentucky Department of Insurance is looking into whether insurers have restricted the ability of licensed life insurance agents in the state to broker life settlements.
September 24, 2009
Careful About That BoxRep. Paul Kanjorski has acknowledged that life settlements may help consumers, but he says he worries about the consequences of permitting life settlement securitizations.
September 24, 2009
Health Mandate SoftensMembers of the Senate Finance Committee may have watered down the individual health insurance purchase mandate in their version of the health reform bill.