Federal Regulation
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New SEC Proposal Means Information Overload, Says ACLI
By Steven BrostoffNew SEC ProposalMeans InformationOverload, Says ACLIBYWashingtonVariable product consumers could face information overload under a new Securities and Exchange Commission proposal requiring additional disclosure of fees ...
March 31, 2004
IRS Releases Second Batch Of HSA GuidanceNU Online News Service, March 31, 2004, 6:11 p.m. EST -- The Internal Revenue Service has made good on earlier promises to rush out ...
March 30, 2004
Multicultural Compliance Shapes Insurance MarketingNU Online News Service, March 30, 2004, 2:10 p.m. EST, New York -- Insurance company compliance officers should think about race and ethnicity when ...
March 24, 2004
Insurance Regulation Is Not A Moral IssueInsurance RegulationIs Not A Moral IssueBYThis is my first personal commentary for the National Underwriters life insurance edition and Im afraid many readers will end ...
March 24, 2004
Treasury Proposes New Regulations for Notional Principal ContractsOn Feb. 26, the Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations (Reg. 166012-02) relating to the character and timing of payments made pursuant to notional...
March 24, 2004
Why Is The SEC Inquiring Into Insurers Asset Allocation Programs?Why Is The SEC Inquiring Into InsurersAsset Allocation Programs?BYLast November, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission sent a letter of inquiry to many ...
March 18, 2004
ACLI Questions Oxley Reform ProposalNU Online News Service, March 18, 2004, 5:41 p.m. EST, Washington -- A top insurance trade group official says U.S. House Financial Services Committee ...
March 15, 2004
Oxley: Congress Might Create Regulatory ToolsNU Online News Service, March 15, 2004, 6:11 p.m. EST, New York -- Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, told insurance commissioners here that federal lawmakers ...