State Regulation
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August 12, 2005
EBSA Allows State MEWA TaesFederal law lets states tax multiple employer welfare arrangements. [@@]An official at the U.S. Department of Labor writes in an advisory letter to the ...
August 12, 2005
Hall To Oversee Troubled Empire State InsurersJody Hall is now a special deputy superintendent at the New York Liquidation Bureau.[@@]Hall, who also will be the bureau's chief executive officer, will ...
August 03, 2005
Spitzer Calls For End To Antitrust EemptionThe McCarran-Ferguson Act, which has kept insurance regulation in the hands of states since its enactment in 1945, should be repealed, according to New ...
July 28, 2005
USI Closes On Bay State Benefits FirmUSI Holdings Corp. has acquired HRB Benefits Group, a firm that has been selling employee benefits to midsize Boston-area employers for 20 years.[@@]USI, Briarcliff ...
June 29, 2005
Stolte Addresses NCOIL As ACLI Board Offers SOX AlternativeAs a leading insurance regulator detailed reasons why changes to insurance accounting regulation should be put in place, the American Council of Life Insurers, ...
June 16, 2005
Former Commissioners Weigh In On Federal StandardsThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners continues to oppose federal standards for state insurance regulation, but several former regulators have different ideas.[@@]The former regulators ...
June 14, 2005
Challenge On Annuity Surrender ChargesBostonRegulators discussing the proper annuity nonforfeiture rate were challenged by one of their own to put that issue aside and concentrate on the sale ...
June 08, 2005
New Calif. Re Rule Spark ConcernInsurers say proposed California "credit for reinsurance" regulations could put some domestic companies and some licensed companies in California at a competitive disadvantage. [@@]Today, ...
June 08, 2005
U.S. Pension Plans Suffer From Weak Investment ClimateDefined benefit pension plans probably did well in Japan and poorly in the United States during the first quarter.[@@]Analysts in the Stamford, Conn., office ...
June 08, 2005
NAIC And E-Regulators Clash Over SMART ActWashingtonAt a hearing last week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners continued its policy of steadfast opposition to federal legislation imposing "standards" on state ...