State Regulation
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Out of State Agents Warned On N.Y. Fee Rules
By Arthur D. PostalAnxiety is growing within the agent and broker community about rules that will go into effect in New York in January that will require them to disclose to their clients information about the compensation they receive from insurance companies.
April 16, 2010
Court Upholds LISA In Florida DisputeA Florida appeals court has affirmed a ruling by a state administrative law judge that state regulators can't demand information from life settlement firms in the state about business they conduct outside of Florida.
April 14, 2010
New York Seeks Comments On Discretionary Clause DraftEmpire State regulators have posted a version of a proposed regulation that would prohibit annuity issuers and life and health insurers in the state from using contracts that include discretionary clauses.
April 05, 2010
Missouri Puts National States In RehabA Missouri state judge has placed National States Insurance Co. into rehabilitation and turned it over to regulators at the Missouri Department of Insurance.
April 01, 2010
If the U.S. No Longer Leads, Who Will?These days, American economic leadership is being repeatedly thrust into question. Surely, the likes of China and Russia have long been complaining about a "uni-polar" world...
March 29, 2010
States Face Huge Pension Funding GapState and local governments are $1 trillion short of what they have promised to pay their retired workers in pension benefits.
March 17, 2010
LTCP Training Update: The CLASS ActAs 2010 continues, more change will be coming to the long-term care field. While health care reform focuses primarily on medical care and health insurance, it will have a significant impact on our industry.
March 17, 2010
LTCP Training Update: The CLASS ActAs 2010 continues, more change will be coming to the long-term care field. While health care reform focuses primarily on medical care and health insurance, it will have a significant impact on our industry.