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  Indexed annuities gather steam

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, JD, LL.M.  |  September 21, 2012

  As their popularity increases, indexed annuity product features are rapidly changing.

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  The Implications of Federal Regulation

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  August 14, 2012

  What will federal regulation of insurance holding companies like AIG look like?

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  Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of FSOC

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  June 26, 2012

  A small Texas bank and a conservative Washington think tank have joined to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

• Nonbank SIFI “Dragnet” for Fed Supervision Targeted at Hill Hearing

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa  |  June 1, 2012

  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Americas, President William “Bill” Wheeler told a House panel in no uncertain terms that he does not believe insurers should be regulated like banks and warned against marketplace distortion should the final federal capital enhancement rules not be crafted well--or even if they are and insurers...

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  Nonbank SIFI "Dragnet" for Fed Supervision Targeted at Hill Hearing

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 16, 2012

  MetLife does not know if the FSOC will feel compelled to name MetLife and a few other large insurers as SIFIs, and officials won't say, but lawmakers and MetLife wonder about the wisdom and the possible harmful effects of applying bank-centric regulations to an insurance company.

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  Are Carriers Doomed?

  By Ingrid Case  |  May 9, 2012

  The mainstream media predicts ACOs will kill health insurance. Others aren’t so sure.

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  To Propel LTCI Sales

  By Jesse Slome  |  March 23, 2012

  The author sees fewer entities focusing on recruiting and training new long-term care insurance agents.

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  The Social Side of Business 2.0

  By Daniel Burrus  |  December 19, 2011

  Most people are familiar with the term “Web 2.0,” which refers to a second generation of web development and design that focuses on fostering social networking via the web. Innovative companies are embracing Web 2.0 as a way to enhance communication, information sharing, and collaboration, thereby allowing them to work...

• Financial Bill Heads to Floor of Congress

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  June 25, 2010

  House and Senate negotiators completed work early Friday on sweeping financial services legislation that includes a provision that could ultimately impose a fiduciary standard on sales of investment products.