Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
7th Circuit Rules on Unpaid Sick Leave
By Allison BellThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on a case involving a change in treatment of unused sick-leave pay.
August 12, 2011
The corruption of the self-help movementIs the self-help industry a bad thing? Perhaps. It has helped create a society with the biggest sense of entitlement in the history of the world.
August 11, 2011
IRS Completes Actuarial Table RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has replaced temporary life and annuity actuarial table regulations with final regulations.
August 11, 2011
Consultants: Medicare Part D WorksThe Medicare Part D prescription drug plan seems to be doing a good job of helping enrollees.
August 11, 2011
Cerulli: Investors Flocking to Alternative FundsMutual funds that invest in alternative asset classes increased assets under management 60% in 2010, to $201 billion.
August 11, 2011
ERISA Panel Schedules MeetingsThe Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans plans to start 3 days of meetings in Washington Aug. 30.
August 11, 2011
Great-West Develops 408(b)(2) Disclosure TemplateGreat-West Retirement Services says it already has developed a retirement plan fee disclosure document that can meet new U.S. Department of Labor reporting requirements that are set to take effect in 2012.
August 11, 2011
FSOC Official: We'll Flesh Out the SIFI Designation PrinciplesThe Financial Stability Oversight Council will re-propose a draft version of the principles it plans to use to determine whether nonbank financial companies are systemically significant, an FSOC official says.