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U.K. Conference Told of Dramatic Change in Life Industry
...And the customer was way down in the pecking order." Products were distributed through intermediaries or sales forces, Milne told the conference at the Queen Elizabeth II ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 17, 2007
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Making the Leap
Marc Jacobson & Associates, Northbrook, Ill.; Prudential Insurance Company of America Education: DePaul University, Chicago. Accomplishment: Total production in 2005 was close to ...
Source: Best's Review Date: March 1, 2007
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Group Life To the Rescue
Even as baby boomers age, they are likely to be valued by employers. They have acquired valuable experience and skills, and there probably will be a shortage of qualified workers ...
Source: Best's Review Date: February 1, 2007
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BestWeek, January 1, 2007
Insurers Count More on Outside Actuaries
Source: BestWeek Date: January 1, 2007
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For a Broker at Baden-Baden, a Quiet Market Can Be Too Quiet
Atlantic brought shivers to Europe. "As a broker, you love a market that's moving," Clark said. "And the continental market by and large isn't moving." Benfield Ltd. is the U.K. ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 2, 2006
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Nine Key Retirement-Income Questions
John Huggard of payout annuities. "It's a great idea, but as a practical matter, very few people do that." Huggard is senior member of the Huggard Obiol & Blake law firm in ...
Source: Best's Review Date: November 1, 2006
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Tax Bill Could Speed Agency Write-Offs of Customer Lists
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. Introduced by Sens. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., and Kent Conrad, D-N.D., the bill would permit a special amortization deduction covering ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 3, 2006
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Democrats Reject GOP Bait in Estate-Tax Vote
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. "The Big I has always supported either the elimination or comprehensive reform of the estate-tax system," Cliston said. "Reform ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 7, 2006
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Capturing Retirement Rollovers
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. introduced its Retirement Management Account, a rollover IRA that offers a combination of mutual-fund asset management with the ability to ...
Source: Best's Review Date: August 1, 2006
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Brokers See Surplus of Rules in Nonadmitted Market
Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., and Dennis Moore D-Kan., looks to simplify that process significantly. Dubbed the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, the bill, H.R. 5637, would ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 10, 2006
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Insurer Trade Groups Look to Another Floor Vote on Estate Tax
Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said an estate-tax bill would come up again this year (BestWire, June 8). "The 60-vote threshold is difficult to cross, so it was always an uphill ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 9, 2006
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Agents Like Expensing Options in President's Tax-Cut Package
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America. The law extends the ability of small firms to claim expensed deductions of as much as $100,000 in depreciable assets, as ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 19, 2006
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Hamilton Bound
Bermuda after Hurricane Katrina." Lloyd's underwriter Hiscox plc formed Hiscox Bermuda, a reinsurer to be backed with $500 million in capital. Fellow Lloyd's insurer Amlin plc ...
Source: Best's Review Date: May 1, 2006
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'Tis a Gift to Be Simple
Ann Hughes, senior vice president in business development. Many said a simple product would help them increase the number of financial advisers selling annuities in their firms. ...
Source: Best's Review Date: April 1, 2006
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Small Business Bill Could Speed Write-Offs for Agencies
House of Representatives. It would allow qualifying businesses to amortize the write-off of as much as $5 million in intangibles over a five-year period, rather than the typical ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 17, 2006
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Staying Strong
...Ocean Re and Arch, of which he was chairman until this year. To form Integro, Clements partnered with his former colleagues of 25 years in the management of Marsh: Roger Egan, who ...
Source: Best's Review Date: January 1, 2006
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