Oct. 27--Consumers shopping for health insurance in the federal government's online marketplace will likely have fewer people to turn to with questions this year, following a Highmark decision to stop ...

Most consumers don’t realise how insurance agents are compensated, which can help explain why certain products are often ...

Commissions are generally taxable as ordinary income in the year received, regardless of whether the taxpayer is on a cash or accrual method of accounting, or whether the taxpayer has a contingent ...

With Ruling No. 286 of 5 November 2025, the Italian Revenue Agency clarified the withholding tax obligations introduced in 2024, which now also apply to insurance agents. The case concerned a Belgian ...

Legislation to make sure Georgia health insurance agents get a commission for all sales is back in play at the General Assembly, a year after media attention helped scuttle a similar bill. State Rep.

The Medicare open enrollment period already was off to a rocky start and it just became a bit rockier. Medical Mutual became the latest carrier to announce it is suspending agent commissions. In a ...

Renewal commissions payable after the death of an insurance agent are “income in respect of a decedent” for income tax purposes. Additionally, the value of the right to the commissions is includable ...

ABINGTON — A Montgomery County insurance agent is facing charges that he fabricated hundreds of life insurance policies to “line his own pockets” with more than $600,000 in commissions. Dennis E.

This column responds to some of those comments. Regarding insurance agent commissions, we reported in the story that Blue Cross paid out $15 million in sales commissions last year, or 3 percent of the ...