Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Annuities Now Permitted to Be Unleashed in Retirement Plans
By Elizabeth D. FestaThe Obama administration clears a path for ample annuity use in 401(K) plans, but makes sure plans will have expanded disclosures to protect investors and make fiduciary standards easier to meet.
February 02, 2012
Congress's Number Cruncher Comes Under Fire (Wall Street Journal)The Congressional Budget Office comes under fire from Republicans on the issues of financial regulation, health care, small-business lending and efforts to aid the housing market.
February 02, 2012
Book Review: Khuda Buksh: The Pioneer of Life Insurance in Bangladesh by Muhammad Obaidur Rahim (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)An aspirational new book highlights the achievements of Khuda Buksh, who has been bringing the benefits of life insurance to the people of South Asia for forty years.
February 02, 2012
Allianz Gives $1.6 Million to Local Charities in 2011Allianz Life contributed more than $1.6 million in 2011 to Twin Cities-based nonprofit organizations focused primarily on financial literacy and senior services.
February 02, 2012
Week in Pictures | February 3, 2012Mitt Romney handily wins the Florida primary; as the U.S. experiences one of the milder winters in recent memory, Eastern Europe freezes; and Facebook prepares to rock the market with its IPO. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.
February 02, 2012
What Would You Do?How a random act of kindness got me on national television defending a homeless person. I still can't quite believe how it happened.
February 01, 2012
Utilizing the Law of AttractionThis simple three-step process will help you achieve your goals.
February 01, 2012
Scholars Blast PPACA Cost ProjectionsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other agencies responsible for implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) may not be doing such a great job of analyzing the effects of the PPACA regulations they are developing.