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Obama’s 2013 budget will discourage people from buying life insurance

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:01:56 +0000

A group of insurance associations is concerned about the implications that new taxes included in President Obama's 2013 budget proposal, introduced Feb. 13, will have on the life insurance industry.

Obama’s 2013 budget will discourage people from buying life insurance via IFAwebnews.

Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions!

Tony Ondrusek — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:28 +0000

As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.

Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions! via IFAwebnews.

NAIFA offers its blueprint for Federal Insurance Office’s role

Bob Graham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:35:23 +0000

A trade group representing insurance agents and financial service professionals submitted its comments on the Federal Insurance Office's Dodd-Frank study on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

NAIFA offers its blueprint for Federal Insurance Office’s role via IFAwebnews.

Not exempting insurance agents from MLRs shows Obama’s true intent

Bob Graham — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:56:41 +0000

The Obama Administration appears to have used a fairly convoluted process to make clear what many have been suggesting since federal health reform passed in March 2010. Simply put, the Obama Administration, through its U.S. Health and Human Services Department, wants insurance agents and brokers out of providing advice on health plans to consumers and businesses.

Not exempting insurance agents from MLRs shows Obama’s true intent via IFAwebnews.

NAIFA-Anne Arundel seeking stuffed bears to donate at Dec. 21 event

IFAwebnews Staff — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:35:22 +0000

The Anne Arundel County chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is planning its Second Annual Bears for Bears event Dec. 21 in Annapolis, Md.

NAIFA-Anne Arundel seeking stuffed bears to donate at Dec. 21 event via IFAwebnews.

Insurance agencies trimming staff as commission cuts take toll

Bob Graham — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:02:17 +0000

The effect of cuts to health insurance agent and brokers' commissions from federal health reform may spread to their offices, according to a new survey.

Insurance agencies trimming staff as commission cuts take toll via IFAwebnews.

With lower commissions, insurance agents cutting services to clients

Bob Graham — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:36:54 +0000

Some health insurance agents and brokers, responding to cuts to their commissions because of health reform, have cut the services they provide their clients or stopped selling coverage to individuals, according to a new survey.

With lower commissions, insurance agents cutting services to clients via IFAwebnews.

Is life insurance immune from Obama’s ‘reform’ efforts?

Tony Ondrusek — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:57:05 +0000

The days when survivors could count on tax-free life insurance benefits after the death of a loved one could be numbered.

Is life insurance immune from Obama’s ‘reform’ efforts? via IFAwebnews.

Dick Vermeil to speak at NAIFA-Delaware conference May 3

IFAwebnews Staff — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:29:23 +0000

The 2011 NAIFA-Delaware Reception and Awards Dinner will be held at the Courtyard Marriott in Newark, Del., May 2, from 6 to 11 p.m.

Dick Vermeil to speak at NAIFA-Delaware conference May 3 via IFAwebnews.

Congress weighs excluding agent commissions from medical loss ratios

Bob Graham — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:21:53 +0000

Two congressmen have introduced legislation that would exclude agent commissions from the medical loss ratios included in the federal health reform law.

Congress weighs excluding agent commissions from medical loss ratios via IFAwebnews.