Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
CMS May Hire Medicare Advantage Mystery Shoppers
By Allison BellThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking into the possibility of hiring a contractor to help it monitor newspapers, websites and public events to detect misleading Medicare plan marketing practices.
December 30, 2010
PPACA: IRS Changes Rules for BluesThe Internal Revenue Service has given nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans that violate a new medical loss ratio requirements a mechanism to stay in compliance with tax accounting rules.
December 30, 2010
Guggenheim Sub in Standard Life of Indiana DealA subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners L.L.C. may take Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana off the hands of rehabilitators.
December 30, 2010
The Mystery of the Hidden Guaranty FundsInsurance guaranty fund watchers say some states seem to be a little more open about guaranty funds than New York state has been.
December 30, 2010
4 reasons to keep sending your e-newsletterThough an e-newsletter is easy and inexpensive to produce, I hear some advisors say they are disappointed more people don't open or read their newsletters.
December 29, 2010
Washington State Now a Producer StateWashington state is updating its administrative code to change the terms insurance "agent," insurance "broker" and insurance "solicitor" to "insurance producer."
December 29, 2010
PPACA: CMS Wants Fraud Detection ToolsThe federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has put out a solicitation for analytical tools that could help it detect fraudulent or wasteful Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program payments.
December 29, 2010
Feds: PPACA Nondiscrimination Rules Too Confusing to RushFederal agencies have decided that the new Affordable Care Act group health nondiscrimination rules are too complicated for taxpayers to apply without regulatory guidance.