Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
The advisor opportunity in tax season
By Warren S. HerschFor advisors, tax season has a perennial silver lining: the opportunity for new business, and lots of it.
March 12, 2013
The surprising reasons why America lost its ability to competeManagers need a dose of reality because they are not doing as good of a job as they think.
March 11, 2013
12 worst pieces of tax advice from financial plannersDespite Benjamin Franklin's refrain about death and taxes, many clients (and their advisors, too) try to prove the old sage wrong year after year.
March 11, 2013
Advisor role in exchanges causes clashAngoff says consumers dont need to use an agent, while some states say theyll rely heavily on agents as a resource.
March 11, 2013
VA summary prospectus model on its wayThough no date has been set, the SEC is inching closer to formulating rules for a summary prospectus.
March 11, 2013
The pros and cons of ESOPsESOP tax-free rollovers defer taxes or lead small-business clients to the frying pan.
March 11, 2013
The pros and cons of ESOPsESOP tax-free rollovers defer taxes or lead small-business clients to the frying pan.
March 11, 2013
The end of “results only” at Best Buy is bad newsDid Best Buys CEO make the decision just to shock the company into greater productivity?