Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Clear the clutter, see more success
By Jack CanfieldFor those of us committed to achieving greater success in our lives, a cluttered physical environment produces three negative consequences:
July 12, 2011
Why you need access -- and how to get itAccording to Webster, "access" is "the ability to approach or communicate" and "capable of being reached or influenced." In sales, it comes down to who you know on a favorable basis, and who knows you on a favorable basis.
July 11, 2011
Milliman: Use of Disability Issue Guarantees GrowsDisability insurers seem to be making more use of guaranteed standard issue programs at the worksite.
July 11, 2011
PPACA: Texas Sets MLR Small Group GuidelinesThe Texas Department of Insurance will define a "large employer" as an employer with at least 101 employees for purposes of applying the new federal medical loss ratio reporting and rebate rules.
July 11, 2011
MIB: Life Activity FallsU.S. life insurers researched fewer requests for individual coverage in May than they did in May 2010, but activity for older applicants continued to increase.
July 11, 2011
Hub Makes a Benefits DealHub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Workplace Benefit Solutions L.L.C.
July 11, 2011
Moody's: Unclaimed Property Probes Could Cost Hundreds of MillionsState insurance department reviews of life insurance claim payment practices "will likely lead to financial settlements or fines totaling hundreds of millions of dollars," a rating analyst says.
July 11, 2011
Community Outreach AwardNational Underwriter Life & Health is happy to acknowledge William "Mack" Hull as the recipient of the 2011 Industry Elite Award winner for Community Outreach.