Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
SEC Proposes Compensation Rules
By Allison BellMembers of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today voted 3-2 to unveil draft regulations that could affect incentive compensation at large investment advisors and large broker-dealers.
March 01, 2011
Medicare Part D: Stand-Alone Drug Plan Enrollment Continues to RiseTotal enrollment in stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans rose 4.5% between 2010 and 2011, to more than 18 million.
March 01, 2011
Axene: California Blue Shield Rates Look Good to MeAn independent actuary says individual health insurance rate increases recently announced by Blue Shield of California appeared to be based on reasonable assumptions and straightforward pricing methods.
March 01, 2011
Advisors: We have the tools to leave clients a legacy of prosperityI recently heard Dr. Lowell Catlett, a regent's professor, dean and chief administrative officer at New Mexico State University, speak about the current state of the economy.
March 01, 2011
Put insurance into perspectiveWhen doing insurance programming with families, I take 15 minutes to do a cash-flow analysis. Not only do I get the family's main expenses, such as vehicle and home mortgages, but I also find out when these expenses cease.
March 01, 2011
Ditch the desk, meet with prospectsThe essential principle driving the practice of Sherry Barton, CLU, is represented by a blue and red baseball cap that hangs in her office.
March 01, 2011
PPACA Stars at IRS Budget HearingInternal Revenue Service staffers are spending much of their time and energy preparing to implement Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions that are set to take effect in federal fiscal year 2012.
March 01, 2011
Inspectors General Wrestle Over Postal Service Trust FundsThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management watchdog is objecting to the recommendations the U.S. Postal Service watchdog has made regarding retiree benefits trust funds.