National Underwriter Life & Health Magazine August 23, 2010
Cover Story
The NU 200 Industry Leaders
The economic chaos of late 2007 and 2008 showed in last year's top 200 report that most of the industry's biggest companies had taken more than their fair share of financial lumps
News
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Battle Lines Drawn on Optional Federal Charter
The battle lines are already being drawn in anticipation of a battle royal in Congress in 2011 over the creation of an optional federal charter (OFC) for insurers.
Features
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RAA Issue Has Legs
While state insurance regulators have responded to the sudden controversy over retained asset accounts issued by insurance companies with a strongly-worded consumer alert, the uproar over the instruments is unlikely to subside quickly.
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Multi-Family Offices: The Crown Jewels of the Planning World
The mammoth 2,300-page financial reform bill that President Obama signed into law last month brought into focus a segment of the advisory world.
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HSAs: The Deer Are Moving
Health savings accounts (HSAs) survived the health bill battle of 2010.
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The Settlement Market Marks Time
The continuing effects of the economy's implosion in 2008 are being felt in the life insurance settlement business, industry experts say.
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A Failure to Communicate?
We are officially in the midst of the dog days of summer. And while that phrase may conjure images of lazy yawns on a front porch and the smell of sunscreen and dried-up lawns, the Securities and Exchange Commission is as busy as ever.
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Low-Cost Wellness Programs Can Have High Business Value
The cost of health care coverage is often the top concern of your business customers.
Opinion
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Innovating When There is Little Room to Innovate
As the economic recovery continues, it remains to be seen whether all of the variable annuity writers emerging from the recession will still be around in a few years' time.
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Unrestrained Asses
The recent retained-asset ruckus provides a textbook case of fact distortion, political grandstanding, pompous righteousness, and overblown accusations.
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Letters to the Editor
We write regarding your recent online articles "RAAs: Birny Birnbaum Weighs In" (posted August 10, 2010) and "RAAs: Regulatory Status May be Unclear" (posted August 11, 2010).
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Feeding Frenzy
"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation," writes author Robert Heinlein in his novel Time Enough for Love.
