Federal Regulation
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Regulators Talk About Annuity Suitability Rules
By Jim ConnollySome regulators are asking whether they should be talking about minimum annuity nonforfeiture interest rates at a time when some older consumers are buying ...
June 02, 2005
Feds: Pick Pension Consultants CarefullyEmployers and other pension plan fiduciaries should ask tough questions when selecting pension consultants.[@@]The U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
June 02, 2005
Bush Chooses Co To Lead SECPresident Bush has nominated Rep. Christopher Cox to succeed William Donaldson as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[@@]The Newport Beach, Calif., Republican ...
June 01, 2005
IT Eecs Lament Tight Budgets, Lack Of Non-IT SupportOrlandoAn electronic poll conducted during the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum held here last month revealed that insurers' information technology executives are facing numerous ...
June 01, 2005
Former Aetna Chairman To Leave SECWilliam Donaldson will be retiring from his post as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission June 30.[@@]Donaldson, who turns 74 Thursday, said ...
June 01, 2005
E-Cologne Re Eec To Testify Against AIGA former chief executive at Cologne Re Dublin pleaded guilty last week to federal criminal conspiracy charges and agreed to testify against management at ...
June 01, 2005
You Can Fight the SECOn April 14, the Securities & Exchange Commission agreed to pay $102,969 in attorney's fees incurred by one Charles D. Elliot III in fighting an...
June 01, 2005
Reg Rigmarole Crippling Fund FirmsMutual fund officials told Congress last month that fund firms are drowning in the deluge of SEC rules they've come under in the last year...