Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Industry Lawyers Give Their Own Verdict on PPACA
By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth D. FestaAs the smoke clears from the Supreme Court decision on health care, what does the future look like for the industry?
July 03, 2012
Spin Meter: Meet the Health Care TaxIt looks like a tax, smells like a tax, and the Supreme Court says it must be a tax. But is it really a tax?
July 03, 2012
4 leadership lessons from the Founding Fathers (Fast Company)What is there to learn about leadership from the men who forged the United States? Plenty.
July 03, 2012
Why mayors might want Obamacare even if GOP governors reject it (Atlantic)Some Republican governors who refuse to accept the government's Medicaid expansion funds could cause friction at the state level.
July 03, 2012
Is it heresy to make salespeople pay their own expenses? An HBR management puzzle (Harvard Business Review)The sales force could develop their awareness and skills at profit and loss management, which could allow the company to peg incentives not only to volume but to profitability of sales in the future.
July 03, 2012
Email Marketing: Is Anybody Out There? Part 2Can the spam. Here are two more strategies for email marketing success.
July 02, 2012
IAIS Releases Internationally Active Insurer Criteria, Enterprise Risk RequirementsThe International Association of Insurance Supervisors today proposed a draft of the Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups, marking the completion of the second step in its three-year development phase.
July 02, 2012
New FINRA Suitability Rule to Take Effect July 9More client information is required and investment strategy recommendations are covered under the new rule.