Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Illinois Stays Out of IIPRC - But Not Really
By Allison BellThe Illinois Department of Insurance needs more time to comply with Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact standards, an official says.
December 14, 2010
403(b) Plans: The Match is (Partly) BackAbout 40% of the nonprofit employers that suspended 403(b) matching contributions in response to the Great Recession have restored the match, and 16% hope to do so within the next 6 months.
December 14, 2010
Great Recession: Pay May Be StabilizingAon Hewitt is seeing signs that U.S. company compensation budgets may be starting to recover from the effects of the recent economic crisis.
December 14, 2010
California Keeps Health Sub from Sending Cash HomeCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has stopped a health insurer operating in his state from paying a $120 million dividend to its parent company.
December 14, 2010
Futurity First Buys DressanderFuturity First Insurance Group Inc. has acquired an independent marketing organization.
December 14, 2010
Become an expert in your target marketThe producer's client benefits from his or her expertise, and the producer benefits significantly as well. [In my target market of young physicians,] I learned the student loan rules inside and out -- when to consolidate, when to defer, and so on.
December 14, 2010
An overview of Social SecuritySocial Security is a federal program of benefits that was developed in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal plan. One of the primary benefits provided by the Social Security system is that of retirement income.
December 14, 2010
What Will the Midterm Elections Mean for Texas in 2011?Midterm elections typically bring to light the public's viewpoint of how well the current administration is doing.