Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Mutual Fund Shareholder Reports Under Scrutiny
By Arthur D. PostalAs the SEC continues its work on how investors could be getting more useful disclosures, mutual fund shareholder reports are suddenly under the microscope.
November 03, 2011
MetLife CEO Co-Leads Economic Policies Working Group at B20 MeetingMetLifes Kandarian said the B20 group urged policymakers to balance the need to prevent another financial crisis with a focused commitment to private-sector economic growth.
November 03, 2011
A Turn of PhraseThe author looks at a PPACA amicus brief from California and wonders about the wording.
November 03, 2011
Life Insurance: How to Get the Conversation StartedThese four openers can help launch a discussion about the importance of life insurance in a financial plan.
November 02, 2011
ACLI Proposes Oversight Framework for Principles-Based Insurer ReservesOversight would include a single, independent auditor hired by the company and pre-approved by the NAIC, to make sure new reserving methods meet the sniff test. Will the idea fly?
November 02, 2011
Seniors, Technology and You: Making the ConnectionAddressing the needs of a category that now includes both my 94-year-old grandmother and some barely retired Baby Boomers is going to call for some new ideas. An email may not suffice.
November 02, 2011
Read All About It: Writing Your Way to a Higher Public ProfileUse your financial knowledge and writing skills to gain the attention of publishers and prospective clients.
November 02, 2011
Diagnosis: Don't Delay — CMS Says U.S. Must Catch Up with World on ICD-10Denise Buenning says that insurers have known about this change for years, so sees no reasons for delays from October 2013 implementation date.