Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
GAO: CCIIO Using Objective Standards to Vet PPACA Waiver Applications
By Arthur D. PostalThe Obama administration has used objective guidelines when granting waivers to limited benefit health plans affected by the new Affordable Care Act benefits limit restrictions, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
June 15, 2011
3 factors to set your brand apartA strong brand differentiates your company from competitors, conveys the highest value you deliver, and serves as an implicit promise to your clients of what your organization stands for.
June 15, 2011
Feds Set RBC Rules for International Banking OrganizationsFederal banking regulators plan to require large, international banking organizations to meet U.S. risk-based capital standards if those are higher than the Basel II RBC standards, or the Basel II RBC standards if those are higher than the U.S. standards.
June 15, 2011
Turning a profit in a struggling economyFinding success as an independent financial advisor requires more than just having a large number of assets under management or overall sales, an efficient marketing strategy, a growing client base, and the best staff.
June 14, 2011
Find security for clients in an insecure worldUltimately, we can't predict what challenges life will bring and when. However, with knowledge and resources, we do have the power to prepare for some of the uncertainties that may come our way.
June 14, 2011
Researchers Look at Early PCIP ExperienceThe Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan programs in 10 states seem to have covered at least 34 high-risk pregnancies for 3,201 enrollees during the programs' early months of operations.
June 14, 2011
SOA Speakers Bring the NumbersActuaries are converging on Boston this week to explain to one another, in precise, carefully checked mathematical terms, just what is going on with the U.S. health care system.
June 14, 2011
AHIP: Exchange Makers Should Mind Enrollment PeriodsDrafters of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners health insurance exchange white paper should give an example of what can go wrong when states adopt guaranteed issue laws without establishing open enrollments.