Comment Letter Seeks Relief for Insurance ProfessionalsWASHINGTON (Aug. 7, 2020) — NAFA, the National Association for Fixed Annuities, submitted a letter in response to the Department of Labor’s request for [...]
By Steven A. Morelli | July 30, 2020 | InsuranceNewsNet After three years of realigning federal regulation to be more business-friendly, prepare for whiplash if the presidency and Senate change hands [...]
By Chuck DiVencenzo | June 3, 2020 | NAFA NAFA supports the fight against systemic racial injustice Our nation is currently witnessing the culmination of fundamental disparities and long [...]
By Warren S. Hersch | May 18, 2020 | Life Annuity Specialist Low interest rates are spurring creativity among issuers of fixed-indexed annuities. They have to adjust to long-term rates [...]
Joint Trades Letter to Congress WASHINGTON (May 5, 2020) -- Support is growing for an Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) initiative to help retirement savers who have lost jobs, access to participate in [...]
Today, NAFA submitted a comment letter regarding the Iowa Insurance Division’s proposed rulemaking (ARC 4998C) related to establishing a best interest standard for insurance and securities professionals. A copy [...]
A summary of the phase 3.5 COVID-19 relief package President Trump has signed into law a fourth piece of legislation in a series of coronavirus relief funding, providing roughly [...]
Re: COVID-19History will record March 11, 2020, as a day that changed the world’s trajectory. On that day, COVID-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic, and life as we knew it was [...]
On April 2, 2020, NAFA hosted Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures, presented by Maureen James and Roger Hayashi of Summit Compliance. Market downturns can create annuity sales opportunities, [...]
CARES Act — Small Business Provisions: Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 746, CARES) [...]