Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
AAA: We Should Have Access to PBR Study Data
By Allison BellThe American Academy of Actuaries has created rigorous, detailed procedures for protecting against potential conflicts of interests, and its members can and should play a role in principles-based reserving experience reporting, the group's leader says.
August 02, 2011
GAO: Most Medicare Part D Drug List Changes Helped EnrolleesMost of the Medicare Part D prescription plan drug list changes that insurers made in the middle of 2008 and 2009 expanded enrollees' access to drugs, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
August 02, 2011
Don't over-think referralsIn the early stages of my career, I put too much thought into each client with whom I met.
August 02, 2011
ASPPA: Why is Labor Trying to Regulate IRAs?The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries says the U.S. Labor Department should keep individual retirement accounts out of a proposed update of the retirement plan fiduciary definition.
August 02, 2011
Two calls, then throw them outThere is one practice which has been a great help to me as well as a big time saver.
August 02, 2011
Eastbridge: Voluntary Market Shifting Toward Group ProgramsGroup insurance plans seem to be outperforming individual-policy-based programs in the voluntary insurance sales market, according to Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc.
August 02, 2011
Financial Finesse: Consumers Look BetterThe economic headlines may be gloomy, but workers who call a financial advice line seem to be continuing to get a better grip on their finances.
August 02, 2011
Customize solutions for your clientsWhat's good for one client might not be good for another. Here's how to customize solutions for each individual.