Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
PPACA: The State of Grace
By Allison BellFederal agencies will be giving employers and health plans until July 1, 2011, to comply with some provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
September 21, 2010
'Annuity' : The New 4-Letter Word?"Moderate-growth monthly income generator.""Slightly illiquid higher-return retirement vehicle."MGMIG.SIHRRV.Sorry, just playing around. Because if you take stock in surveys (and we all know I do), it ...
September 20, 2010
Hancock Plans to Raise LTC Rates 40%John Hancock Life Insurance Company is telling distributors it plans to raise rates for in-force long term care insurance policies 40%.
September 20, 2010
IMSA Board Calls for TransformationThe Insurance Marketplace Standards Association board wants to replace IMSA with the Life Insurers' Forum for Ethics and Compliance, a group that would focus on helping life compliance professionals do their jobs.
September 20, 2010
OECD Analysts: Please, Tax InsuranceOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development researchers suggest that the United States might be wise to change insurance tax rules.
September 20, 2010
Researchers: General Pressure Fueled Health Bill CrisisMedical bills have been hitting U.S. consumers so hard partly because the consumers are so short on cash.
September 20, 2010
ASPPA: Don't Make 5500 Clerks RegisterThe American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries is asking the Internal Revenue Service to think about the red tape it is about to wrap around the support staffers who help prepare Form 5500 data.
September 20, 2010
PPACA: Sept. 23 is NighHealth insurance rates and children's access to health coverage are some of the hot topics this week as an important Affordable Care Act implementation deadline nears.