Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
SEO: How to Improve Your Ranking
By Alan BlumeUse these metrics to evaluate your sites keywords.
December 02, 2011
The Recession Kids Grow Up (Slate)How has the Recession shaped the kids who grew up in it? Peter Fulham, who was in high school when the financial tailspin started in 2008 and subsequently lost his implicit trust in American security, writes that the impact is not all that different than it's been for older generations...
December 02, 2011
Are Insurers Influencing Health Reform’s Rules Behind Closed Doors (iwatch news)As the face-off over health care reform becomes increasingly heated, some are arguing that insurers have a sizeable advantage over consumer advocates: proximity to the White House.
December 02, 2011
HHS Rejects NAIC MLR RequestThe Obama Administration has rejected the NAIC's request that agent commissions be exempted from PPACA's medical loss ratio standards. But will the effort to carve out agent commissions prevail in Congress?
December 02, 2011
On the Third Hand: Social MediaIf you really went to communicate with health plan members, it helps to have a genuine interest in the health plan members.
December 02, 2011
Should the New Plan Summaries Warn About Balance Billing?Federal agencies have posted more than 300 public comments on proposed PPACA health insurance fact sheet rules.
December 02, 2011
FPA Survey: Planners Report Few Changes to Clients' Retirement PlansMost clients of financial planners did not make significant changes to their retirement plans or lifestyles during the year past, according to a new report.
December 02, 2011
7 Strategies for Referral SuccessWant to enrich your referral strategy? Heres a check list for you and your team to review (and act on) to make sure you are doing as much as possible to attract more new clients through referrals they way they prefer to meet you.