Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
NAIC to Feds: Figure Out What You Want to Do
By Allison BellIf the federal government decides to get rid of the Affordable Care Act individual health insurance ownership mandate, maybe it should rethink the objectives for its health reform efforts, state insurance regulators say.
March 30, 2011
How Facebook's recent changes will benefit your businessIn addition to the major Facebook profile and Facebook pages updates that occurred in the past month, Facebook has tacked on a few more changes that you and your organization should know.
March 29, 2011
How to overcome prospecting jittersWith my managers over the years, I have developed a method for seeking out and finding new sources of business. Here are a few tips that have served me well with the mental aspects of prospecting
March 29, 2011
FHFA to Insurers: ScramInsurers are trying to keep the Federal Housing Finance Agency from shutting a lending window on their fingers.
March 29, 2011
NAIC Panel Approves Stranger-Originated Annuity DraftThe Life Insurance and Annuities Committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a stranger-originated annuity transactions model bulletin draft.
March 29, 2011
WGBY Airs MassMutual-Backed Autism DocumentaryWGBY, the public television station in Springfield, Mass., recently premiered "Autism: Coming of Age," an hour-long documentary sponsored by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
March 29, 2011
North Carolina Finds Precertification, Claim Processing DelaysThe North Carolina Department of Insurance has imposed $600,000 in fines on a health insurer in connection with recordkeeping and processing problems detected during a routine market conduct examination.
March 29, 2011
Industry Witnesses Blast Labor Fiduciary ProposalMany parts of a U.S. Department of Labor fiduciary definition proposal are dangerously ambiguous, according to a retirement services vendor executive.