Federal Estate Tax Changes

The fate of the federal estate, generation-skipping transfer (GST) and gift taxes has been the subject of much discussion in recent months. While most estate planners expected that Congress would act in 2009 to avert the dramatic changes to the tax system which became...

Insurance News – Chinese Drywall

A rash of lawsuits have recently been filed for alleged damages due to drywall originating from China. As with every new type of class or mass action suit brought by the plaintiffs’ bar, the question always posed is whether this is the next asbestos, a tidal...