Federal Regulation
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IRS Proposal Could Help Foreign Insurers
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed a regulation that could cut foreign insurers' U.S. income taxes.[@@]The proposed regulation would let foreign insurers that do ...
June 17, 2004
European, U.S. Regulators Outline Collaboration PlansIn a nod to growing interrelationships between global securities markets, officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Committee of European Securities Regulators said June 4 that they would work more closely together.
June 16, 2004
Administration Withdraws Proposed Cash-Balance RuleNU Online News Service, June 16, 2004, 8:04 p.m. EDT -- The Bush administration has decided against trying to use regulations to control conversions ...
June 16, 2004
Fiserv Updates Administration SoftwareNU Online News Service, June 16, 2004, 5:07 p.m. EDT -- Fiserv Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has added new equity-indexed annuity features, long term ...
June 15, 2004
SEC Official Blasts VA Industry AbusesNU Online News Service, June 15, 2004, 7:44 p.m. EDT, Washington -- For the well-being of the industry, variable annuity insurers must confront abusive ...
June 11, 2004
Rising Bond Rates Ease Pension Contribution BurdenNU Online News Service, June 11, 2004, 4:02 p.m. EDT -- The bond markets are starting to give employers that sponsor defined benefit pension ...
June 11, 2004
IRS Formalizes Disability Benefits Tax GuidanceNU Online News Service, June 11, 2004, 5:15 p.m. EDT -- Workers can exclude group disability benefits from taxable income if they paid income ...
June 10, 2004
IRS Safe Harbor Proposal Needs Revising, Say Industry GroupsIRS Safe Harbor Proposal Needs Revising, Say Industry GroupsByWashingtonA safe harbor for the valuation of life insurance contracts proposed by the Internal Revenue Service has ...