March 1, 2012
TAX EXEMPTIONS/TAX ISSUES
Tangled Tax Code Primed for Pruning
Wonkbook: Tax spending vs. government spending
STATE TAX WATCH/STATE ISSUES
State Tax Codes in Need of Repair
ILLINOIS - Cook Co. leader urges Illinois governor to stick to March 1 deadline as hospital talks stall
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats put delayed payments into budget plans
LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY
New York Curtails the Use of Retained Asset Accounts
Massachusetts seeks info on Prudential life insurace practices
NAIC Standard-Setting Rule Questioned
Top 10 Hot Topics for the Upcoming NAIC Conference in NOLA
GOP’s Snowe Is Retiring From Senate
NAIC to Royce: We’ll Get Back to You on “Standard-Setting”
INSURANCE
California Insurance Marketing Organization Recruiting Agents for Hispanic Market
Tidbits from the LIMRA Distribution Conference
LIMRA: Total Individual Life Insurance Sales Improve in 2011
COMPENSATION SURVEY
Fraternal Compensation Survey Underway Soon
The Ward Group – a leading provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies – will be contacting Alliance society leaders soon with a request to submit your compensation data for 15 fraternal jobs and employee benefits. The deadline to submit data is March 16 and participants will receive a discount on the report. This customized report will categorize results by asset class and by region. Please take time to complete this survey – it will help your society and others ensure that leaders are fairly compensated and will aid in the recruitment of new employees. For more information, please contact Allison Koppel, Executive Vice President, at akoppel@fraternalalliance.org.
PHILANTHROPY
Better Ways To Give It Away: Philanthropy 2.0
50 Cent on Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility
FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES
Degree of Honor received Celebrate Business Success Award
Royal Neighbors of America was one of the first to recognize the female market 117 years ago
New members swell ICMIF’s ranks
NEWS FROM AMERICAN FRATERNAL ALLIANCE
President’s Blog: The #1 reason to belong to the Alliance
American Fraternal Alliance Announces Influential Speaker Line Up for September Annual Meeting
Hawaii Exempt Filing Reminder
Last RBC Vendor Product Tested for Accuracy
Send Your Board Members to the March Board Institute in Austin
Register Now for these Section Mid-Year Meetings
Legislative and Regulatory Report – February 15, 2012
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2012 Mid-Year Meeting Silver Sponsors
