State Regulation
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15 States With the Lowest Tax Rates: 2024
By Michael S. FischerU.S. households pay often drastically different amounts, and types, of state and local taxes.
March 20, 2024
Here Are the State Tax Bills for Wealthy Clients to Watch in 2024Surtaxes on the rich are stuck in committee. Estate planning law updates and cryptocurrency measures are moving.
March 19, 2024
Protect Annuity Issuers From Bad Advisor Affiliates: RegulatorsAn NAIC team wants to keep corporate parents and siblings from overcharging insurers or stuffing them with sludge.
March 18, 2024
States to Send New CEO Into Annuity Sales Standards FightThe NAIC has picked Gary Anderson of Massachusetts to lead its staff.
March 13, 2024
NABIP Creates 10-Point Health Care Bill of RightsThe health agent and consultant group says that affordability should be one of the guaranteed principles.
March 13, 2024
Nebraska Regulators Fight Medicare Supplement Policy UnderpricingShoddy actuarial work and reckless efforts to build market share can lead to problems at policy renewal time.
March 07, 2024
Consumer Advocate to NAIC: Open the CurtainsBirny Birnbaum, an NAIC watcher, wonders what's happening behind closed doors at the group's upcoming meeting.
March 05, 2024
Federal Appeals Court Lets Universal Life Rate Suit ContinueAn insurer might have to include mortality in cost-of-insurance rate scale updates, an 11th Circuit panel ruled.