Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Disability Insurer Fires Data at Budget Hawks
By Allison BellFederal budget deficit cutters should understand that the tax deduction for employer-sponsored disability insurance is more than just another tax expenditure, a top disability insurer says.
July 27, 2011
LIMRA: Income Affects Confirmation PreferencesConsumers with higher household incomes seem to like e-mail transaction confirmations more than lower-income consumers do.
July 27, 2011
Editor's Blog: The Eleventh HourUnless you've been busy following the death of Amy Winehouse, the fallout from the Caylee verdict, or News Corp.'s blowback from the phone hacking scandal, you might have noticed that there is a bit of a financial debate going on in Washington.
July 27, 2011
3 keys to successful fact-finding conversationsNotice the title says fact-finding conversations, not fact-finding appointment. As insurance and financial services professionals, we certainly want to work by appointment. However, it is not more appointments we need, but more conversations.
July 27, 2011
Pension Manager: We Still Need Credit RatingsMoves to reduce reliance on credit ratings and improve the rating process make sense, but going cold turkey may not, according to a state pension fund executive.
July 27, 2011
The Eleventh HourUnless you have been busy following the death of Amy Winehouse, the fallout from the Caylee verdict, or News Corp.'s blowback from the News of ...
July 26, 2011
Hartford Patent Death Benefit SystemHartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received a patent on a system for advancing a life insurance policy death benefit to provide income for insureds who become chronically ill.
July 26, 2011
FSOC Nominee: "Insurance is in My Blood"Roy Woodall, the Obama administration nominee to be the independent member with insurance expertise on the new Financial Stability Oversight Council, vowed today at a confirmation hearing to "vote his conscience" once he is a member of the new agency.