Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Bipartisan Senate Bill Calls for Searchable Medicare Claims Database
By Arthur D. PostalLegislation has been introduced in the claims database that would require creation of a searchable Medicare claims database that the public can access at no cost.
April 08, 2011
Alternative investment opportunity: Improve marketability and client trustYour clients want the investment freedoms and flexibilities afforded genuine self-direction, so help them - this is your competitive edge.
April 07, 2011
Mark your calendar: National Retirement Planning Week kicks off April 11Mark your calendar for National Retirement Planning Week(R) (NRPW) 2011, April 11-15.
April 07, 2011
New York Insurance Dept. Tightens StandardsSuitability and senior designation standards for the sale of investment products have been tightened by the New York Insurance Department under new regulations finalized last month.
April 07, 2011
Advisors: Are you fast, faster or fastest?How fast are you? 3G. 4G. It's all about fast. So how fast are you? Here's why it matters. How fast you are might just determine if you get the business.
April 07, 2011
Who Run Bartertown?I am a sci-fi movie junkie, and one of my all-time favorites is the Mad Max series. These tales are of a post-apocalyptic Australia where ...
April 06, 2011
House Committee Bill Would Restrict Funding for State-Based ExchangesThe ability of the Obama administration to provide unlimited funds to states to establish health exchanges would be ended under legislation reported out by a House committee late Tuesday.
April 06, 2011
FASB Unveils Update to Improve Reporting for Debt RestructuringsThe Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an update that aims to improve financial reporting through greater consistency in the way generally accepted accounted principals (GAAP) is applied to debt restructurings.