Advocacy

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• The New (Tax) Normal
• Will Your Taxes Go Up in 2013?
• NAIFA's Hoffman on 'Countdown to Taxmageddon'
• Getting Everything You Want
• NAIFA Members Show Their Dedication to Grassroots Political Action
• Just Show Up!
• How Tax Reform Could Hit Life Insurance and Annuities
• LifeHealthPro: Service to Middle Market Important to Tax Status of Life Insurance Products
• NAIFA Video Marks Upcoming 100-year Anniversary of Tax-Free Life Insurance Benefits
• NAIFA's Day on the Hill Recap
• NAIFA Sends 1,000 Insurance and Financial Advisors to Its Day on the Hill Event
• IFAPAC is "Drawing In" NAIFA Conference Attendees
• The President Speaks
• Do You Know Me?
• NAIFA: There’s Strength in Our Numbers
• NAIFA Leaders Meet with SEC Chairman, Commissioners
• Medical loss ratio harms consumers, agents
• NAIFA’s APIC Legislative Contacts Attend Congressional Meetings
• NAIFA Issues Statement on Health Care Exchanges Rule
• NAIFA's Diane Boyle Discusses New Senate Bill to Address Harm Being Done by the MLR Rule
• NAIFA Holds Successful “Day on the Hill” Grassroots Event
• Rep. Boustany: MLR ‘inhibits’ marketplace
• 1,000 NAIFA members to deliver message of financial security to Capitol Hill
• NAIFA Trustee Van Land: Congress Listens to, Appreciates Input From NAIFA Members
• NAIFA Trustee Matt Huntington: Advisors Have an Obligation to Protect Insurance and Financial Products Critical to Main Street Americans
• NAIFA Trustee John Holmes: If Life Insurance Is Taxed, Could Your Clients Continue to Protect the Ones They Love?
• Complacency
• INN Cover Story Highlights NAIFA Members' Grassroots Role in the Tax-Reform Effort
• Dr. Susan Waters: Insurance Groups Form a Potent Coalition to Benefit the Industry and Consumers
• February 25, the 16th Amendment and You
• NAIFA Past-President Robert Miller: Advisor Visits to Capitol Hill Put a Human Face on the Insurance Industry
• NAIFA President Nichols: Ensure Your Seat at the Table at NAIFA's Congressional Conference
• SEC's Piwowar Questions Need for Expanded Fiduciary Standard
• Senate Passes Flood Bill Containing NARAB II
• Register Today for NAIFA's Congressional Conference
• Federal Judge Upholds Affordable Care Act Premium Subsidies
• New Democrat Coalition Voices Concerns on Fiduciary Rule to DOL's Perez
• NAIFA Research Cited in FIO Report Assessment of NARAB II
• Sen. Shaheen: Health insurance agents and brokers are 'critically important' to ensuring robust enrollment in healthcare.gov
• Loosening Use-or-Lose Rule on FSAs Is a Good Move
• NAIFA Day on the Hill - 125 Advisors Visit Congress
• "Selling the Insurance Story" - An InsuranceNewsNet Q&A with NAIFA President Robert Miller
• Current tax policy ‘invaluable’ incentive for Americans to invest in financial future
• NCOIL Joins NAIFA in Voicing LTC Concern
• Taxes and the Federal Budget Debate: Implications for Advisors and Their Clients
• 55 Members of Congress Tell DOL to Preserve Investors' Access to Financial Products and Services
• Dear Super Committee: Preserve Retirement Savings Incentives
• NAIFA CEO Susan Waters Thanks Lawmakers for Leadership on DOL Fiduciary Issue
• DOL Refuses to Back Down on Fiduciary Standard for IRAs
• NAIFA President Smith Sends Letter Supporting Bill on Health Care Law's MLR Rule
• Taxpayer Advocate Throws Fuel on the Tax Reform Fire
• Congress Needs Money
• NAIFA's Terry Headley: Dodd-Frank Hits Main Street
• McNeely: NAIFA Pushing for NARAB II Passage This Year
• DOL Says Fiduciary Proposal Will Come in January 2015 at the Earliest
• EBA Reports NAIFA's Efforts on NARAB II
• Kempthorne Addresses NAIFA’s Congressional Conference
• 2014 Congressional Conference: NAIFA CEO Susan Waters's Remarks
• 2014 Congressional Conference: NAIFA President John Nichols's Remarks
• NAIFA Members Take to the Hill
• NAIFA's Carsrud Discusses Legislative Priorities
• Industry Reacts To Chairman Camp's Draft Tax Reform Proposal
• More Than 250 Organizations Opposed to Medicare Part D Changes
• NAIFA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans
• NAIFA Trustee Jill Judd Invites You to the NAIFA Congressional Conference
• Tax Proposals Highlight Importance of NAIFA Congressional Conference
• Jules Gaudreau: NAIFA Congressional Conference Protecting 75 Million American Families
• NAIFA State Associations Oppose Ill-Conceived Government-Run Retirement Plans
• Ken Morgan: National Participation Is Key to Congressional Conference Success
• Only You Can Cultivate the Next Generation of Congressional Champions
• NAIFA Applauds House Passage of Save American Workers Act
• Camp Tax Reform Plan Spotlights Urgent Need for Lawmaker Education
• Rep. Scott to NAIFA members: 'You have the nobility of purpose and trust'
• NAIFA Trustee Jerry Flowers: Participating in Advocacy Is Amazing
• NAIFA Trustee Paul Dougherty: Advisors' Words, Message, Presence on Capitol Hill Show the Strength of NAIFA
• NAIFA Trustee Brenda Doty: Advisors Must Be Proactive, Not Reactive to Legislative Issues
• NAIFA Trustee Edward Deutschlander: Tell the Powerful Story of the Products We Represent
• NAIFA Trustee Bob Buxman: NAIFA's Congressional Conference Is Critically Important
• NAIFA Trustee Michael Brown: Advocacy the Most Important Thing Advisors Can Do for Their Industry
• A Message from NAIFA President Terry Headley
• DOL fiduciary rule must consider impact on middle-market
• Robert Miller: "In defense of the financial professional"
• NAIFA's Robert Miller Comments on Congressional Committee Vote to Repeal the CLASS Act
• NAIFA Encouraged by SEC's Deliberate Pace on Fiduciary
• Christian Science Monitor Op Ed by NAIFA's Robert Miller: MLR Is Hurting Agents and Consumers
• A Message From NAIFA President Robert Miller
• NAIFA Supports NCOIL Resolution on Senior-Specific Designations
• Administration Budget Threatens Corporate Life Insurance
• LifeHealthPro Features Election Response by NAIFA's Smith
• NAIFA's Jill Hoffman: 'Now is the time' to educate Congress about our products
• NAIFA Applauds Movement of House Bill to Remove Broker Compensation from the MLR
• Legislative Forum: NAIFA Voices Matter
• NAIFA Signs on to Letter Supporting Senate NARAB II Bill
• NAIFA's Tom Currey Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Adviser SRO Bill
• NAIFA to Support Advisers SRO Bill at House Financial Services Committee Hearing
• NAIFA Encourages IRS to Change Use-It-or-Lose-It Rule for FSAs
• Does Big Bird Have Enough Life Insurance?
• NAIFA President Rob Smith Personalizes Importance of Life Insurance in Meeting With Congressional Working Group
• With White House Budget on Tap, NAIFA's Timing Is "Perfect"
• Why I Am in Washington, D.C.
• NAIFA Members Take to the Hill
• NAIFA Members Prepare for Day on the Hill at First Day of Congressional Conference
• NAIFA Legislative Forum
• Employee Benefit Advisor Podcast With NAIFA President-Elect John Nichols
• NAIFA Applauds House for Passage of NARAB II Legislation
• NAIFA Trustee Kevin Bell: 1,000 Advisors on Capitol Hill Can Make a Difference
• NAIFA Treasurer Matt Tassey: We Are at Risk of Losing Our Franchise and Our Business Model
• NAIFA CEO Dr. Susan Waters: We Will Go to Capitol Hill 1,000 Strong to Tell Our Story
• NAIFA Responds to State of the Union Tax Proposal
• NAIFA Trustee Lisa Laliberte: Advisors Can Tell Clients' Stories to Congress
• NARAB II Legislation Introduced in the House and Senate
• NAIFA President issues statement on ACA employer mandate
• New Survey Shows Fiduciary Standard of Care Could Have Negative Impact on Financial Advisors’ Service to Middle-Market Consumers
• NAIFA's Sanders: SEC Fiduciary Rule Should Not Reduce Services or Increase Costs
• State of the Union Address Signals Challenges for NAIFA Members
• InvestmentNews: Universal Fiduciary Standard Not a Done Deal
• Sen. Ben Nelson to NAIFA Members: Health Care Mandate Not a Good Idea
• Trustee Jules Gaudreau Delivers Opening Remarks at NAIFA's Day on the Hill
• NAIFA Responds to DOL Withdrawal of Fiduciary Proposal
• Opposition Mounts to DOL Fiduciary Rule (UPDATED)
• Robert Miller and Diane Boyle Interviewed on NAIFA's Federal Advocacy Efforts
• Update: SEC Likely to Delay Municipal Advisor Rules
• Members of Congress to SEC: Municipal Advisor Rules Go Too Far
• NAIFA Comments on Federal Insurance Office
• Politico: MLR Rule Could Hit Insurance Brokers
• NAIFA President Robert Miller Comments on HHS Final MLR Rule
• NAIFA Presses on With Anti-STOLI Efforts
• New Survey Shows Devastating Effects of Medical Loss Ratio on Health Insurance Agents, Consumers
• Coalition Urges Preservation of Medigap Insurance
• NAIFA Supports Proposed Law to Nix Prescription Requirement for OTC Drugs
• The CLASS Act Is Down. Let’s Get It Out!
• Rep. Gerry Connolly Visits NAIFA
• Studies assess consumer preferences for commissions vs. fees
• NAIFA Analyzes the Election Results
• Healthcare: It's Complicated
• One Year After Decrying NAIFA's Political Action, Olbermann Is Suspended for Campaign Contributions
• NAIFA Advocacy: Important on Election Day and Every Day
• Yes, NAIFA's IFAPAC Is a Special Interest
• NAIFA President Terry K. Headley on Estate Tax Reform
• Deficit Reduction Commission's Report Points to Potential Challenges on the Tax Front
• A Universal Fiduciary Standard Could Do More Harm Than Good for Consumers
• Health Care Reform Starts Today. Are You Ready?
• SEC Proposal on Mutual Fund Commissions Could Hurt Middle-Market Investors