Federal Regulation
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IRS Rules On Ta Treatment Of Deferred Annuity Death Benefits
By Allison BellGo page xx with xx banner. File # L18irsAB.xml Lines: 66> The Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling that could cut taxes for ...
April 19, 2005
SEC Posts Final Broker-Dealer Definition RuleNU Online News Service, April 19, 2005, 5:53 p.m. EDTThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published the final version of a controversial regulation ...
April 13, 2005
IRS IssuesRulings On HSAs, HRAsByThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with two rulings of interest to insurance agents and brokers with an interest in the ...
April 13, 2005
IRS Rules On HSANon-HSA MarriagesNU Online News Service, April 13, 2005, 7:24 p.m. EDTTaxpayers may be able to set up health savings accounts even if their spouses have ...
April 13, 2005
SEC Not Sure What To Do About Rating AgenciesFederal regulators want Congress to help them decide whether and how to oversee the "nationally recognized statistical rating organizations."[@@]Annette Nazareth, director of the market ...
April 12, 2005
Industry Execs Tell SEC About Cost Of SOXChief financial officers at 2 insurers agree that complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act costs far more than it should.[@@]Patrick Erlandson, CFO ...
April 11, 2005
IRS Issues Life Contract Valuation GuidanceThe Internal Revenue Service has responded to industry questions by spelling out rules for valuing life insurance policies held within qualified retirement plans.[@@]The IRS ...
April 08, 2005
Court To AIG And Greenberg: Hands Off DocumentsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken legal action to protect information that officials believe may be relevant to the SEC investigation of ...