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Plan Disclosure Provisions Too Heavy, Critics Say
By Matt BradyProposed regulations to enhance disclosures to beneficiaries of retirement plans have drawn criticism from agents, brokers and the plans themselves as burdensome.The regulations are also ...
February 17, 2008
CMS Head: Fast Action On Sales AbusesThe head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Feb. 13 promised swift action on the problems of abusive and aggressive sales practices ...
February 15, 2008
Labor: ERISA Preempts Ky. Contribution Consent RuleA federal official says state efforts to regulate employee benefit plan contributions violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.Lisa Alexander, coverage division chief at the ...
February 13, 2008
CMS Chief Vows To Toughen Medicare Plan Sales StandardsThe head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services promised today that CMS will take swift action to root out abusive Medicare Advantage plan ...
February 10, 2008
When Settlement Firms Face Market Conduct ExaminationsAs life settlements become more a part of the mainstream of the insurance marketplace, those involved in settlements are undergoing the same sorts of procedures ...
February 10, 2008
When Settlement Firms Face Market Conduct ExaminationsAs life settlements become more a part of the mainstream of the insurance marketplace, those involved in settlements are undergoing the same sorts of procedures ...
February 09, 2008
NAIC Commissioners Prepare To GatherThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is expecting to attract more than 40 commissioners to an annual commissioners' meeting that starts Saturday.Topics to be discussed ...
February 08, 2008
NAIC Commissioners Prepare To GatherThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is expecting to attract more than 40 commissioners to an annual commissioners' meeting that starts Saturday.Topics to be discussed ...