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Summary
of Recent IRS Regulatory Action:
Treasury
Decisions:
T.D.
8900: Special Rules Regarding Optional Forms of Benefit Under
Qualified Retirement Plans
T.D.
8899: Definition of a Qualified Interest In a Grantor Retained
Annuity Trust and a Grantor Retained Unitrust
T.D.
8894: Loans From a Qualified Employer Plan to Plan Participants
or Beneficiaries
Proposed
Regulations:
REG-116495-99:
Loans From a Qualified Employer Plan to Plan Participants or Beneficiaries
REG-108522-00:
Recognition of Gain on Certain Transfers to Certain Foreign Trusts
and Estates
REG-100291-00:
Lifetime Charitable Lead Trusts
Revenue
Rulings:
2000-35:
Employer Contributions to a 403(b) Plan
2000-33:
457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans
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- AAMGA
(American Association of Managing General Agents) (Trade group
for MGAs)
- ACORD
(ACORD forms, standards, annual Technology show, +)
- AIA
(American Insurance Association) (Over 125 years & 250
companies strong)
- American
Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) (Representing approximately
500 life insurance companies)
- American
Society for CLU and ChFC (Now the Society of Financial Service
Professionals)
- AMS
Users' Group (Parent organization for 77 local mini-groups,
all AMS agency products)
- Applied
Systems Client Network (ASCNet) (Formerly NAUGUS)
- Association
of Health Insurance Agents (AHIA) (Includes many links to
related sites)
- Association
of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) (Formerly the
Society of State Filers)
- Association
of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) (Association of 200+
members)
- California
Association of Life Underwriters (CALU) (Representing about
9000 L & H professionals)
- CPCU
Society
- Federation
of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
- GAMA
(Large life insurance trade group, formerly General Agents &
Managers Association)
- Health
Insurance Association of America (HIAA) (Trade group for the
health insurance industry)
- IASA
(Insurance Accounting & Systems Association) (Where its
at, as far as systems go)
- IIAA
(The Big I, largest of the independent agent organizations)
- Insurance
Information Institute (III) (Where insurance meets the media)
- Insurance
Institute of America (IIA) (Many professional courses and
designations)
- Insurance
Marketing Communications Association (Trade group for p/c
advertising & marketing folks)
- Insurance
National Search, Inc. (INS) (Group of over 30 insurance recruiting
firms, with job listings)
- Insurance
Research Council (Independent insurance research, since 1977)
- Life
& Health Insurance Foundation for Education
- LIMRA
International (Organization devoted to life insurance
marketing research & education)
- LOMA
(Life Office Management Association) (Support for the life
& financial products agency)
- LUTC
(Life Underwriter Training Council (Life insurance
training courses)
- MIB
(Organization for life/health/disability carriers, helps reduce
underwriting fraud)
- Million
Dollar Round Table (MDRT) (Premier organization for life insurance
sales recognition)
- NAIC
(National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Gateway
to a lot of regulatory information)
- NAII
(National Association of Independent Insurors) (Over 560 insurance
companies are members)
- NAMIC
(National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies) (Over
1200 strong)
- NAIW
(National Association of Insurance Women) (Membership benefits
of a great organization)
- National
Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (Insurance courses
offered nationally)
- National
Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) (About 15,000 membership)
- National
Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA)
(Formerly NALU)
- PIA
(National Association of Professional Insurance Agents) (Second
largest independent agent group)
- PIA
of NY, NJ, CT & NH (Site for this 4-state combination
agency trade group)
- RIMS
(Risk & Insurance Management Society) (Largest and highly
professional organization)
- Society
of Actuaries (Very professional site)
- Society
of CPCU (See CPCU Society)
- Society
of Financial Service Professionals (Formerly the
American Society of CLU & ChFC)
This list is compliments of G.
Barry Klein, CPCU, CLU
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