Tax Talk Dominates Washington

Washington, Wall Street, and even Main Street are nervously eyeing the August 2 deadline for raising the debt limit. Read more

Swaps Proposal Could Impact Some Insurance Products

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010 included a provision that would regulate “swaps” at the federal level for the first time. Read more

NAIFA Goes on the Record about Department of Labor Fiduciary Proposal

In response to the June 14 hearing, NAIFA has joined with the American Bankers Association, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Financial Services Institute, Insured Retirement Institute, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association to submit a statement for the record to the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Read more

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Exchanges Expected Soon

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires state-based health insurance exchanges to be set up by states or the federal government and to be fully implemented by 2014.  Read more

NAIFA Weighs in on Employer Responsibility for Health Insurance

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandates that, beginning in 2014, employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees must provide health insurance to all full-time employees, and the premiums must be “affordable” enough that lower-income employees will not be eligible to buy insurance on the exchanges, or the employer will face new per-employee tax liabilities. Read more

NAIFA Files Comment on SEC Municipal Advisor Proposal

Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act tasked the SEC with establishing a registration structure for persons considered to be “municipal advisors” under Section 975. Read more

NAIC Task Force to Consider MLR Remedies

NAIFA continues its multipronged approach to remedy the reduction in producer compensation as a result of the new medical loss ratio (MLR) standards. Read more

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