Federal Regulation
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Conseco, Inviva Settle VA Charges With SEC
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, August 9, 2004, 3:00 p.m. ESTConseco Inc. and Inviva Inc. agreed to pay $20 million to settle regulators' charges that ...
July 29, 2004
GAO Pans Insurance-Investment Hybrid RegulationCongress should help the regulators who oversee insurance-investment product hybrids get access to more criminal information and other regulatory information.[@@]Richard Hillman, financial markets director ...
July 28, 2004
IRS Answers 88 Questions About HSAsByEmployers can offer employee assistance programs and disease-management programs along with health savings account programs.Shoshanna Tanner, an official at the Internal Revenue Service, comes to ...
July 26, 2004
IRS Proposes Gift Tax Valuation Guideline RevisionThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that could change the way the IRS interprets gift tax special valuation rules.[@@]The IRS is proposing the ...
July 26, 2004
Medicare Officials Release Drug And PPO RegsThe federal government has published 2 mammoth sets of regulations that will help implement the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.[@@]The Centers for Medicare and ...
July 23, 2004
IRS Completes Worksite IRA RegulationsThe Internal Revenue Service has released a final version of regulations that could help employers encourage workers to save more for retirement.[@@]The regulations, revisions ...
July 23, 2004
IRS Answers 88 Questions About HSAsEmployers can offer employee assistance programs and disease-management programs along with health savings account programs.[@@]Shoshanna Tanner, an official at the Internal Revenue Service, and ...
July 21, 2004
New SEC Requirements Should Prompt Variable Insurer Talks With Underlying FundsNew SEC Requirements Should Prompt Variable Insurer Talks With Underlying FundsThe Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new requirements for prospectus disclosure of policies and ...