Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
IMCA Wins International Accreditation for CIMA Mark
By James J. GreenISO blessing is the first in U.S. for a financial services credential, and required changes in IMCA's governance.
April 27, 2011
ACLI Joins Fight Against Brazilian Reinsurance RegsThe American Council of Life Insurers is part of a coalition that is asking the government of Brazil to change new reinsurance regulations.
April 27, 2011
American College Posts Designation GuideThe American College has developed a website that can help consumers and others identify and understand common financial services professional designations.
April 27, 2011
Editor's Blog: Words Per MinuteThe impending extinction of the manual typewriter is a reminder that not every technological change is a welcome one.
April 27, 2011
Dozens of States Eye Life Claims ProceduresAt least 35 states and the District of Columbia have joined in efforts to look at how life insurers determine whether insureds have died and how they go about locating policy beneficiaries.
April 27, 2011
SEC, CFTC Exclude Insurance Products from Swap Definition ProposalFederal agencies are proposing swaps regulations that would exclude insurance products written by regulated insurers from the definition of the term "swap."
April 27, 2011
Macy's floats an old ideaIn 1837, Rowland H. Macy left his comfortable Nantucket, Mass., home to sail the Atlantic with whale hunters. He returned home in 1841 and opened a needle and thread shop and a dry goods store that both quickly went bankrupt.
April 27, 2011
Advisor marketing: 3 steps to master the mediaInterviews and press coverage are just waiting for financial professionals if they follow three easy steps to mastering the media.