Producer Group Praises Delay In Estate Ta Debate
By Matt BradyThe Association for Advanced Life Underwriting is welcoming the decision by Senate Majority Leader William Frist to delay debate on permanent estate tax repeal.[@@]Frist, ...
September 07, 2005
Financial Regulators Wrestle With KatrinaNational financial services regulators are starting to respond to Katrina by easing the regulatory burden on companies in the affected region.The U.S. Securities and ...
September 07, 2005
Average Annual Nursing Home Cost Hits $74,000, Survey FindsThe average daily cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States increased almost 6% from last year, according to ...
September 07, 2005
Living Benefits: Key To The Life Insurance FutureA Sept. 6, 2005, report from National Underwriter's Online News Service noted this living benefit development: New York has issued accelerated benefits rules mostly ...
September 07, 2005
NASD Officials Question Annuity Marketing PracticesTop officials of the National Association of Securities Dealers recently told securities industry executives that laws and regulations ought to put marketers of mutual ...
September 07, 2005
Former NAIFA President Dies At 70H. Kirke Lewis died Monday in Memphis, Tenn.[@@]Lewis, 70, had cancer, according to the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Falls Church, Va.Lewis ...
September 07, 2005
Many Workers Ignore Spouses When Choosing BenefitsEmployees are often on their own when they are going through benefits open enrollment periods.[@@]About 34% of married employees never check with their spouses ...
September 07, 2005
Katrina Roundup: Death Toll Could Rise To 40,000A Tennessee newspaper is reporting that some officials fear Hurricane Katrina might have killed as many as 40,000 people.[@@]The Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette has published ...