Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Grassley: Where are the Fraud Convictions?
By Arthur D. PostalA senior Republican senator is asking whether the Obama administration is making effective use of the funding allocated for health care fraud investigations.
December 29, 2010
4 more ways to enhance your personal brandWe've been sharing some marketing great advice from The Arrow blog. Last week we shared five ways to enhance your personal brand, including updating your logo, using cold-calling scripts and creating prospecting letters. Here are four more helpful hints.
December 29, 2010
5 ways the insurance industry will change in 2011IT is going to become the it department. With growing companies and growing customers, the IT department will continue to evolve, emerging from the back office into the core of an agency.
December 29, 2010
Cold calling: Get out of your comfort zoneDon't settle for mediocrity. It won't always be easy, but sometimes, so as to not completely sabotage your success, you'll have to step out of your comfort zone.
December 28, 2010
PPACA: Agencies Seek VBID CommentsFederal agencies are asking for comments on how health insurers and group health plans can use the "value-based insurance design" concept to improve coverage of recommended preventive services.
December 28, 2010
NAIC to HHS: Keep Group in LoopNational Association of Insurance Commissioners officers are asking federal agencies to continue to use an NAIC subgroup to help develop, maintain and extend new benefits and coverage summary standards.
December 28, 2010
Birnbaum: TILA Should Apply to Credit InsuranceBirny Birnbaum is welcoming Federal Reserve Board efforts to apply Truth In Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements to credit insurance.
December 28, 2010
IRS Eases FSA Debit Card RulesPersonal health account debit card users can still use the cards to buy doctor-prescribed over-the-counter drugs at a wide range of stores after Jan. 15, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service says.