208 NAIFA GovTalk Archives
GovTalk is the biweekly email newsletter on important legislative and regulatory issues affecting the life insurance and financial services industry. GovTalk is a member benefit available exclusively to NAIFA members. It informs you how the NAIFA Law and Government Relations team is working to protect your bottom line. Look for GovTalk in your email inbox around the 1st and 15th of each month and read it at your leisure.
- Congress Enacts Pension Relief
- NAIC Committees Tackle Big Issues at 2008 Annual Meeting
- NCOIL Holds 2008 Annual Meeting
- State Insurance Commissioners Consider Model Regulations and Legislation
- NIPR Reaches New Milestones, Plans for the Future
- NAIC Welcomes New Officers, Honors Past and Present Leaders
- NAIFA Advocacy: Protecting Your Interests
- NAIC Executive Committee Approves New Working Groups, Ratifies Budget
- Did You Know?
- Treasury Says Insurers Can Participate in TARP if They Have Federal Regulator
- Baucus Brings Back Mandates
- Update: New Laws Affecting Group Health Insurance
- State Election Results Shift Power to Democratic Insurance Commissioners
- NAIFA Members and Clients Have a Lot of Tax Incentives on the Line per Report Released by Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
- CMS Issues Agent Compensation Requirements for Medicare Advantage & Prescription Drug Programs
- Words to the Wise: How Not to Be a Freeloader by former NAIFA President Thomas Wolff, CLU, ChFC
- Did You Know?
- Insurance Agent and Financial Advisors Assess Election’s Impact on Key Legislative Issues
- Key Committees Exercise Jurisdiction Over Tax Issues
- Insurance and Financial Services Regulation Committees Face Many Challenges in the Next Congress
- Positioning NAIFA Members for the Challenges of the 111th Congress
- Congress Focusing on 401(k) and Other Pension Rules
- House Financial Services Committee Discusses Regulatory Reform
- NAIFA, ACLI and NAVA, Inc. to Partner in Initiative to Enhance Consumer Protections in the Annuities Sales Process
- Insurance Carrier Participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
- FTC Postpones Identity Theft “Red Flag” Rules Until May 2009
- NAIFA’s Bill Anderson Elected Vice President of NIPR
- Did You Know?
- Economic Stabilization Legislations Also Includes Tax and Health Provisions
- House Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on AIG Bailout
- Update: New Laws Affecting Group Health Insurance
- SEC Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Rule 151A
- NAIFA Encourages In-District Meetings with Federal Legislators During Congressional Recess
- House Education and Labor Committee Holds Hearing Examining Losses to Retirement Savings
- Senators Offer Health Benefits Disclosure Discussion Draft
- NAIFA Government Relations Staff Announces Restructuring, Promotions
- U.S. House Advances Legislation to Streamline Agent Licensing
- NAIC Holds Fall Annual Meeting
- Fortis Partially Nationalized
- NAIFA, AALU and ACLI Co-Host STOLI “Fly-In” Meeting in Washington, DC
- Update: NAIFA Members Respond to SEC Proposed Rule 151A
- Congress Passes Sick Student Medical Leave Coverage
- Identity Theft “Red Flag” Regulations Effective November 1, 2008
- NAIFA/AHIA Represent Agents at Interstate Compact Annual Meeting
- NIPR Moves Ahead to Streamline Agent Licensing
- NAIFA Votes to Conditionally Support the Concept of an Optional Federal Charter
- NAIFA-California Weighs-in on Attack on Life Insurance Tax Treatment
- NAIFA Files Comments with SEC on Proposed Rule 151A
- U.S. Congress Holds Series of Health Care Reform Hearings
- NAIFA Submits Comments on Producer Licensing Handbook
- CMS Issues New Medicare Marketing Rules
- Meet You NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Ryan Baird
- Investment Advice Regulations Proposed by U.S. Department of Labor
- NAIFA, LIFE Foundation Spearhead 2008 Life Insurance Awareness Month Initiative
- IMPACT Training Meeting Enrollees Roll In
- Preparing for “The Gathering Storm”
- NAIC Focuses on Annuity Suitability/Disclosure
- Gubernatorial Candidates Proposal Health Care Reform
- September GovPod: Proposed Changes in Regulating Indexed Annuities
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Michael Kerley
- U.S. Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing to Examine Insurance Regulation
- Estate Tax Reform Legislation Points Toward 2009 Action
- NAIC Senior Designations Model Regulation Goes to Full NAIC for Approval
- House and Senate Lawmakers Focus on Long-Term Care Insurance
- NCOIL Holds Its Annual Summer Meeting
- New York Holds Public Hearing On Producer Compensation
- New Housing Law Includes Limitations for Use of Reverse Mortgage Proceeds to Purchase Financial Products
- Corrections
- LIFE Foundation’s Marv Feldman Discusses Life Insurance Awareness Month in NAIFA’s August GovPod
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Magenta Ishak
- U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Insurance Approves Legislation Impacting Agent Licensing
- U.S. House Subcommittee Advances Bill to Create Federal Office of Insurance Information
- Ask the President to Veto H.R. 6331 -- Medicare Advantage Cuts
- Proposed Optional Federal Charter (OFC) Resolution Sent to NAIFA Leaders
- Long-Term Care Partnership Programs See Widespread State Activity
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Bill Anderson
- July Advocacy Poll Results
- SEC Issues Proposed Rule to Classify Most Indexed Annuities as Securities, Plans to Move on 12b-1 Fees This Summer
- Tax Issues Unresolved as Congress Heads Home for July 4 Recess
- NAIFA Asks Its Members to Ramp Up Grassroots Efforts During the Upcoming Congressional Recess
- FTC Finalizes Commercial Email Regulations
- Louisiana Becomes the Latest State to Join the Interstate Compact; Thirty-Three States Now Members of the Interstate Compact
- IFAPAC Contributor Matching Program Inspires Similar Ventures
- NAIFA-AHIA Asks Its Members to Oppose H.R. 6331 Medicare Advantage Cuts
- NAIFA’s July GovPod Explains NAIFA’s Recommended Conditional Support for an OFC
- NAIFA Encourages Members to Join IRR Email Forum
- Life Insurance Awareness Month Resources Now Available
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Ron Panneton
- Did You Know?
- House Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Discuss Insurance Information Act of 2008
- South Carolina Becomes the 32nd State to Join Interstate Compact
- NAIC Holds Its Annual Summer National Meeting In San Francisco
- SHOP Act Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives
- NAIFA’s Launches New Insurance Regulatory Reform Microsite
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Jill Edwards
- Did You Know?
- NAIFA Announces Terms of Conditional Support of an Optional Federal Charter
- NAIFA-Ohio Members Play Key Role in Passage of Strong Anti-STOLI Bill in Ohio
- NAIFA Board Votes to Support Creating a Federal Office of Insurance Information
- President Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Michael Gerber
- NAIFA’s June GovPod Explains the Power of Grassroots Advocacy
- Did You Know?
- NAIFA Responds to CA Broker Article on STOLI
- Help Sustain HSAs
- West Virginia Passes Law Giving CE Credit for Association Membership: NAIFA Members Play Crucial Roll in Bill’s Introduction and Passage
- Florida Passes Legislation Regulating Annuity Sales to Seniors
- State Lawmakers Act to Restrict STOLI
- Meet Your NAIFA Government Relations Staff: Gary Sanders
- May 1, 2008, GovTalk Survey Results
- U.S. Rep. Kanjorski Introduces Legislation to Create Federal Office of Insurance Information
- HSAs Sit Upon the Three-Legged Stool
- NAIC Panel Approves Bulletins Aimed at Regulating the Use of Designations
- House Subcommittee Holds Hearing Exploring All Sides of Insurance Regulatory Reform
- NAIFA Day on the Hill Proves Timing is Everything
- May NAIFA GovPod Discusses 2009 Tax Reform and the Coming “Perfect Storm”
- NAIFA Board Recommends Conditional Support for Optional Federal Charter – Based on Member Approval
- State Securities Regulators Introduce Model Rule on Senior Specific Designations and Credentials
- NAIC Holds its 2008 Spring Meeting in Orlando; NAIFA Staff in Attendance to Represent Members’ Needs and Concerns
- Estate Tax Issues Attract Congressional Examination
- Gov Alert: Oppose H.R. 5719 HSA Provision
- April 1, 2008, GovTalk Survey Results: When was the last time you met with your U.S. Senator or Representative to represent NAIFA and its issues of concern?
- U.S. Treasury Department Proposes Far Reaching Financial Services Regulatory Reform Plan
- Wisconsin Becomes 31st State to Join the Interstate Compact; NAIFA-Wisconsin Plays a Key Role in the Legislation’s Passage
- NAIFA Comments on Draft NAIC Bulletins; Urges NAIC Executive Committee to Act on Designations
- IRS Clarifies Material Change Rule for Split Dollar Arrangements
- NAIFA and State Associations Prepare for 2009 Tax Battle
- Employer Owned Life Insurance—Reminder
- NAIFA Introduces Its “Regulating the Use of Designations” Webpage
- New Tiered Pricing for NAIFA Partners for Advocacy Program
- STOLI Legislation Heats Up in States
- Senate Budget Debate Frames Future Tax Legislation Including Estate Tax
- Finance Committee Hearing Looks at Replacements to the Estate Tax
- U.S. House Passes Mental Health Parity Legislation; AHIA-NAIFA Health & Employee
Benefits Supports Senate Version - NAIFA Asks Members to Meet with Congressional Representatives
- NAIFA Launches New NARAB II Webpage
- U.S. House Prepares to Introduce Legislation to Streamline Agent Licensing
- NAIC Assesses State-By-State Producer Licensing Regulation
- State Government Officials Oppose Optional Federal Charter
- National Conference of Insurance Legislators Tackles Key Issues at Spring Meeting
- Do-Not-Call List is Here To Stay
- Producer Compensation Disclosure—Be Alert
- March NAIFA GovPod Explains Federal Proposal to Create Agent Licensing Clearinghouse
- Insurance Coalition Urges Congress to Take Up Optional Federal Charter
- NAIFA Members in Florida Register Concern Over Insurance Dispute
- President Signs Economic Stimulus Package
- President Bush Releases Proposed FY 09 Budget
- NAIFA Leaders Meet with ACLI, NAIC and NAILBA
- InvestmentNews Quotes NAIFA on Retirement Security for Life Act
- February 1, 2008, GovTalk Survey Results
- Many States Consider Legislation Addressing Life Settlements, STOLI
- NAIFA Files Comments with NAIC on Designations Proposals
- President Bush Lays Out Tax, Health Agenda for 2008
- Record Departures on Key Congressional Committees Mean Big Things for NAIFA and APIC
- NAIFA’s February GovPod Delivers a “State of the States” on Regulatory Reform
- NAIFA Advocacy Volunteers Get Together in New Orleans
- NAIFA Sets Government Relations Strategy for NAIFA 21
- Announcing the NAIFA Partners for Advocacy Program
- NAIFA Launches New Gov Communications
- Annuity Suitability & Disclosure—A Top 2008 NAIFA Priority
- AHIA–NAIFA Health & Employee Benefits Forms Connectors Task Force
- January NAIFA GovPod Explores the OFC
- Joint NAIFA and AALU IMPACT Educational Seminar Set
- NAIFA Advocacy Issue Grids
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