Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
NAIFA Sees 2 Paths for MLR Battle
By Warren S. HerschThe National Association of Insurance and Finance Advisors is hoping the courts will kill the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but it is keeping up pressure on the medical loss ratio front, just in case.
September 12, 2011
Insurance Proposals Make IASB-FASB Meeting AgendaInsurance contract disclosures and insurance contract risk adjustment techniques are some of the topics likely to come up next week at a major accounting standards meeting.
September 12, 2011
Super Committee: Medicare War Flares UpThe American Academy of Actuaries and the Medicare Rights Center are clashing over how the new Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should handle Medicare.
September 12, 2011
NAIFA Speaker: You Are Not AloneNew laws and tight budgets could make the coming year a challenging period for insurers - but insurers will enter the fray with well-placed allies.
September 11, 2011
How many customers do you really need?You may find the number is actually smaller than you thought.
September 10, 2011
Get your (business) groove backAssertive, hungry and smart. That's how you should be getting ready for fall.
September 09, 2011
Brokering Benefits from TechnologyAcross the country, many in the healthcare marketplace -- from doctors and hospitals to employers and benefits consultants -- are trying to figure out where they fit into President Obama's brave new healthcare world.
September 09, 2011
LTC: Some Want to Plan AheadMany older U.S. consumers would rather not finance a long term care plan at all, but others would prefer to have LTC arrangements squared away before they reach age 65.