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In 2008, International Accounting, Solvency Efforts To Intensify
By Jim ConnollyIn 2008, efforts to participate in the creation of new international accounting and solvency standards will be the focus of U.S. regulators as well as ...
January 04, 2008
Survey Finds Advisors Leery Of Democratic PresidentFinancial advisors tend to be more concerned about a Democrat being elected president than about any other issue this year, an investment management firm reports.Asked ...
January 03, 2008
MDRT Announces Eligibility LevelsU.S. life insurance agents will have to earn more this year to qualify for the 2009 Million Dollar Round Table.The MDRT, Park Ridge, Ill., has ...
January 03, 2008
Bay State To Hike Penalties For UninsuredMassachusetts residents who don't have acceptable health coverage this year could face much higher penalties than in 2007, state officials warn.Officials at the Massachusetts Department ...
January 02, 2008
Producer Registry Announces Transaction TotalThe National Insurance Producer Registry says it has processed more than 170,000 address change request transactions since it started up last summer.NIPR, Kansas City, Mo., ...
January 02, 2008
Garden State Bank Sheds Most Of Its Insurance BusinessA group led by executives in the insurance brokerage business at Commerce Bancorp Inc. has completed the purchase of most of Commerce Bancorp's insurance brokerage ...
January 02, 2008
NAIC Releases Pay ListThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has released its annual list of the organization's 5 top-paid executives.The top-paid executives for 2008 are:- Catherine Weatherford, executive ...
January 01, 2008
MDRT membership statistics35,662: Total membership 479: Companies represented 78: Nations and territories represented 12,094: Female members 13,882: Members from the U.S. 21,780: Members from outside the U.S. 4,911: Court of the Table membe