Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
'Overqualified': 3 ways to prove you're right for the advisor job
By Maribeth KuzmeskiThe overqualified, or "highly qualified" candidate, as I prefer to call it, is most likely the best person for the job. The key is convincing interviewers of that.
January 14, 2011
Calif. Blue Shield Agrees to Independent Rate ReviewsBlue Shield of California says it will send its rate increase requests out for independent actuarial rate review.
January 14, 2011
Fitch: PPACA Effects Should Be ManageableFitch Ratings worries about the effects of the Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rules on individual health insurance sales, but it is feeling better about the overall state of the U.S. health insurance market.
January 14, 2011
Groups Pan Target Date Fund Illustration ProvisionRetirement plan vendors and retirement plan advisors are asking the Employee Benefits Security Administration to clarify a target date fund disclosure proposal.
January 14, 2011
PPACA: Risk Pool Program Starts SlowlyOnly 8,011 U.S. residents had health coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program in early November 2010.
January 14, 2011
AIG Completes Recapitalization DealAmerican International Group Inc. today took a big step toward disentangling itself from the federal government.
January 14, 2011
New York Seeks Fraud InvestigatorsThe New York State Insurance Department wants to hire fraud investigators for permanent, full-time positions based in New York City.
January 14, 2011
7 steps to getting referral-rich Facebook fansA Facebook fan is worth $136.38, according to a June study by Syncapse. Not only that, it turns out Facebook fans are 28 percent more likely than non-fans to continue using a brand.