Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
IRS Gives Nonprofit Plans, Hospitals More Time to Comply with PPACA
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the compliance deadlines for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nonprofit health plan and nonprofit hospital social responsibility requirements.
June 13, 2011
Federal Appeals Court Backs Disability ClaimantA federal appeals court in Pennsylvania has ruled against a mutual insurer and in favor of an injured railroad employee in a case involving an interpretation of the term "total disability."
June 13, 2011
GAO: Qualified SERPs a MysteryNo one seems to know how many qualified supplemental executive retirement plans are out there or how the economic downturn affected the plans.
June 13, 2011
Insurers Hope to Keep FDIC Resolution Plan Notices SimpleFor insurers, the standard financial distress plan ought to be to turn to the state insurance insolvency system, according to the American Council of Life Insurers.
June 13, 2011
Advisors: Take a break when you're worn outWe get run down or sick. We suffer from fatigue or have sleepless nights. Or we just get tired of the routine. It happens to best of us. So...how do you sell when you hit this wall and you're tapped out? I think you have two options...
June 13, 2011
Advisors: Take a break when you're worn outWe get run down or sick. We suffer from fatigue or have sleepless nights. Or we just get tired of the routine. It happens to best of us. So...how do you sell when you hit this wall and you're tapped out? I think you have two options...
June 12, 2011
Back to basics, part 3: The best social media toolsHere's a look at the best social media tools. A social media tool is essentially a support system for social networking platforms. My favorites are:
June 10, 2011
Benefits Specialists Assess PPACA EffectsMembers of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans see employers paying more attention to the effects of the Affordable Care Act, but, at this point, few see the act causing employers to eliminate health benefits.