Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
FINRA: Save Those Tweets, Texts, Calls, Etc.
By Allison BellFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. communications record retention rules apply to all communications devices and technologies, FINRA officials say.
August 23, 2011
The Time is Right for LTCIAs you examine your various tools and solutions for clients, could this be the time to finally consider the possibilities for long-term care insurance?Yes, for ...
August 22, 2011
Legal Analysts: Feds Rushing Benefits Notice RulesEmployers and their benefits advisors may have to scramble to start using the proposed Summary of Benefits and Coverage and a proposed Uniform Glossary on time.
August 22, 2011
Wolters Kluwer: Market Conduct Danger ZonesNoncompliant forms lead the list of issues state market conduct examiners cite when dinging life and health insurers.
August 22, 2011
EHNAC to Accredit Health Data Tech ProvidersThe Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission, a nonprofit standards group created in 1993, is seeking technology firms that want to try a new accreditation program aimed at health information exchange technology service providers.
August 22, 2011
S&P: Consumers Paying BillsThe stock market may have been shaky in July, but consumer credit was solid.
August 22, 2011
Grading ErrorWhen Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit rating on August 5, the move came as an unwelcome surprise for many--especially those federal legislators on whom the downgrade was largely blamed.
August 22, 2011
Brian Ashe on life insurance: "The premium is always less than the problem."Brian Ashe, CLU, a past president of the Million Dollar Round Table, talks about how to sell life insurance to seniors, the challenges the industry faces and why the middle market is so important.