Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
The Verbal Pause-Busting Cheat Sheet
By Sharon SaylerDo the "Ums," "Uhs," and "Ahs" got your tongue? It is natural to pause when you speak -- it's when you breathe.
December 22, 2010
5 ways to enhance your personal brandIn November, you read The Arrow Blog's ways to identify your personal brand. The next step is enhancing your brand.
December 22, 2010
Marsh Acquires TrionMarsh & McLennan Agency L.L.C. has acquired Trion Group Inc., a large, privately held employee benefits firm.
December 21, 2010
Annuities in the Post-Trust EraAnnuity sellers who want to get past consumer skepticism have to be careful to acknowledge the limits of their knowledge, a polling firm says.
December 21, 2010
New York Allows Audits of Non-Participating ProvidersHealth insurers doing business in New York state can conduct retrospective reviews of payments made to out-of-network doctors and hospitals, officials say.
December 21, 2010
VALIC Exec Joins Advisory PanelThe U.S. Labor Department has appointed Richard Turner to fill the insurance industry slot on the 15-seat Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.
December 21, 2010
The financial advisor as achieverFor centuries, philosophers and, more recently, social scientists have used archetypes to characterize human behavior. The archetype of the high performing financial advisor is that of the Achiever.
December 21, 2010
Milliman Adds PBR ToolAn actuarial firm has come out with software that insurers can use to help the National Association of Insurance Commissioners analyze a possible overhaul of reserve-setting methods.