Description: Author discusses issues related to federal regulation of insurance.

Description: Discusses legislation being proposed in various states that would apply to Small Face Amount Policies, SFAPs.

Description: Author identifies the issues, especially as they relate to smaller insurers, and then lists some provisions of current pending federal legislation.

Description: The article discusses the proposed revisions to the AOMR Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum and how it will affect insurance companies.

Description: Small Talk Newsletter, June 2005, Issue No. 24. Last fall, the Internal Revenue Service IRS released Notice 2004-61, 2004-41 I.R.B. 596 October 12, 2004, interpreting the reasonable mortality charge requirement applicable to life insurance contracts under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Description: This article details the IRS' Revenue Ruling 2005-6. This ruling provides formal guidance on how to treat family term riders for purposes of the computational limit calculations in Internal Revenue Code IRC sections 7702 and 7702A i.e., calculations of net single premiums, guideline single premiums, guideline level premiums and 7-pay premiums. From Small Talk Newsletter, June 2005, Issue No. 24.

Description: This article discusses regulatory proposals and developments at both the state and federal level that call for small insurer vigilance.

Description: A discussion of the events of the NAIC Summer National Meeting in Seattle.

Description: Summary of the upcoming activities for the Smaller Insurance Company Section in 2016.

Description: This article provided a 1998 update of Mutual Insurance Holding Companies. Subjects covered included state-by-status enabling status, policyholder rights under an MIHC, advantages, and criticisms.