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ING Advisors To Cut Service Fees
By Staff WriterA broker-dealer group says it will be lowering ticket charges for financial representatives and advisors.ING Advisors Inc., Atlanta, a unit of ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, ...
September 15, 2008
NCOIL Asks House To Reject OII BillThe leaders of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators are continuing to fight an Office of Insurance Information bill that may be nearing the House ...
September 15, 2008
CMS Adopts Medicare Marketing RulesThe federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today released final regulations that will tighten the rules for agents selling Medicare Advantage plans.The final regulations ...
September 15, 2008
Bank Of America To Acquire MerrillBank of America Corp. says it has agreed to swap about $50 billion in stock for Merrill Lynch & Company Inc."The price is 1.8 times ...
September 12, 2008
NAIC To Support OII, But NCOIL DemursThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has announced it will support legislation creating an Office of Insurance Information within the Treasury Department.The NAIC made its ...
September 11, 2008
Analysts: Insurers Might Want NeubergerInsurers with capital might have an interest in acquiring a large minority stake in a key Lehman Brothers Inc. asset management unit.Credit analysts and other ...
September 11, 2008
Consumer Reps Work On NAIC Conflict StatementBirny Birnbaum has come up with a list of sample situations that could help National Association of Insurance Commissioners consumer representatives avoid potential conflicts of ...
September 11, 2008
Former Managed Care Chair To Settle SuitAn executive who once headed a health insurance giant has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve a federal securities class-action suit, a law firm ...