Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Never have more business partners than you can fit in an elevator
By John MinahanEvery partner you add to your business increases the possibility of an interest that will stray from the good of the company. What's more, a big group of partners is simply difficult to manage.
December 25, 2010
Drive up your business RPMsDuring this time of year many financial professionals take time to focus on growing their business for the next year. Unfortunately, many advisors take a backseat to planning their business's future
December 24, 2010
3 marketing tweaks for better resultsMarketing is an art in that it can continuously be tweaked to produce better results more efficiently. Minor changes in a process or format of a campaign can yield big results.
December 23, 2010
EBSA to Discuss AgendaThe Employee Benefits Security Administration will hold a live, public Web chat at 2 p.m. EST Jan. 4, 2011.
December 23, 2010
California Unveils Kid Coverage DraftEvery non-grandfathered individual health policy sold in California must be available to all children under 19 years of age, but insurers can use open enrollment periods to try to reduce antiselection.
December 23, 2010
Good Works: Northwestern, WellPoint, Humana, U.S.-Dutch Donor FundParents should consider talking more to children about the causes they support and the efforts they make to support those causes.
December 23, 2010
PPACA: Rules Could Trigger 773 Rate Reviews per YearProposed federal health insurance rate review regulations could lead to reviews of about 40% of the increase requests in the small group market and 60% of the requests in the individual market.
December 23, 2010
Actuaries Board to Change Records RulesThe Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries plans to change the privacy rules governing case inventory files, enrollment files and general correspondence.