Business vs. IT: The Real Problem Is 'Stinking Thinking'
By Ara C. TremblyReported results from a recent Canadian study of the long-standing battle between business and Information Technology managers have started me thinking about why this is ...
August 12, 2005
Regulator Moves To Law FirmThe insurance commissioner for the District of Columbia is stepping down to take a job at a district law firm.[@@]Lawrence Mirel, who has been ...
August 12, 2005
Spitzer Calls For End To Antitrust EemptionThe McCarran-Ferguson Act, which has kept insurance regulation in the hands of the states since its passage in 1944, should be repealed, according to ...
August 12, 2005
EBSA Allows State MEWA TaesFederal law lets states tax multiple employer welfare arrangements. [@@]An official at the U.S. Department of Labor writes in an advisory letter to the ...
August 12, 2005
Final Rule Permits Small Cuts In Early-Retirement Benefits>The Internal Revenue Service has completed regulations that could help employers prune early-retirement benefits and optional, "noncore" forms of benefits.[@@]The IRS also has started ...
August 12, 2005
Analysts Put AIG Under the MicroscopeWall Street investment analysts continue to look for signs of stability and instability at American International Group Inc.[@@]AIG, New York, impressed observers Wednesday by ...
August 12, 2005
Hall To Oversee Troubled Empire State InsurersJody Hall is now a special deputy superintendent at the New York Liquidation Bureau.[@@]Hall, who also will be the bureau's chief executive officer, will ...
August 12, 2005
Nothing Beats a Good WordIA Poll shows readers rely on referrals from other professionals