Herb Kohl

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  Dodd-Frank: A Guide

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: The Insurance Provisions

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  LTCI Watch: Dr. Frankencoordinator

  By Allison Bell  |  July 25, 2012

  A physician wonk is asking whether the rush to coordinate Medicaid and Medicare is safe.

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  Klobuchar Brings Back LTCI Bills

  By Allison Bell  |  May 24, 2012

  The package includes a caregiver tax credit bill, an LTCI disclosure bill and an LTCI claim dispute bill.

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  Senate to Put LTCI Under the Microscope

  By Allison Bell  |  April 13, 2012

  The preliminary witness list includes Bruce Chernof of SCAN but no long-term care insurance specialists.

• GAO Analyzes Annuity Options

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  July 1, 2011

  The U.S. Government Accountability Office talks about annuities in a new report on retirement income planning.

• Retirement Savings Ideas: Annuities; Auto-Enrollment; 401(k) Plan Loans

  By Allison Bell  |  May 19, 2011

  Insurers, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and two U.S. senators - Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. - have been talking about ideas for increasing U.S. workers' retirement savings rate.

• S. 267: Bipartisan Bill Could Require Retirement Income Notices

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  February 4, 2011

  A new Senate bill, S. 267, could require 401(k) plans to tell participants how much monthly retirement income their accounts might generate.

• Closing the Retirement Readiness Gap for Aging Boomers

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 24, 2011

  As the oldest baby boomers turn 65 this year, long-simmering questions among policymakers and (within our industry)

• Panelist Gives PPA Good Review

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 5, 2011

  The Pension Protection Act of 2006 has helped retirement savings, a retirement services executive says.

• EBSA Official: We Won't Take Over Retirement Plans

  By Allison Bell  |  June 17, 2010

  The head of an agency of the U.S. Labor Department promised Wednesday that the department has no interest in using annuitization as an excuse to help itself to private retirement savings.