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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Staying On Top Of New Anti-Money Laundering Regs
By Eugene YooFinancial institutions, such as banks or securities firms, have been under scrutiny for quite some time to identify potential threats, mitigate risks and maintain regulatory compliance.
July 16, 2006
Be Careful Before Giving Advice You Know May Be ChallengedAn agent recently asked me whether a new wrinkle would distinguish a tax transaction from those "listed transactions" that the Internal Revenue Service specifically has ...
July 16, 2006
Sides Split On Direction Of Preferred Mortality TableWork on a draft regulation for a preferred mortality table is creating disagreement over whether the best approach is to continue with efforts to develop ...
July 16, 2006
Compliance Management Spurs Systems Automation For InsurersIn 2005, many U.S. insurers were privately held and thus not subject to the requirements mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002. However, private ...
July 16, 2006
Get Back To Basics To Fill VoidEvery industry is subject to trends. Fashion, music, politics, and even life insurance experience trends that capture the popular imagination and then fall out of ...
July 16, 2006
Get Back To Basics To Fill VoidEvery industry is subject to trends. Fashion, music, politics, and even life insurance experience trends that capture the popular imagination and then fall out of ...
July 16, 2006
Using The 'Psychology' Of ComplianceSome agents find that being in compliance with state and National Association of Securities Dealers regulations and company procedures is easy, while others find it ...
July 16, 2006
SEC Issues Concept Release On SOXThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a concept release focusing on internal control reporting requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. According to one ...