Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Multi-Family Offices: The Crown Jewels of the Planning World
By Warren S. HerschThe mammoth 2,300-page financial reform bill that President Obama signed into law last month brought into focus a segment of the advisory world.
August 20, 2010
Most Big Companies to Change Health Plans: StudyA majority of large U.S. employers are planning to change their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health care reform and expected large health care cost increases, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on Health.
August 20, 2010
Study: Small Firms Unsure of Health Plan Grandfather RulesMicro-businesses and the self-employed are uncertain that their existing health care plan will meet the new rules under health care reform, according to a new survey.
August 20, 2010
N.Y. Issues More Subpoenas in RAA ProbeThe New York Attorney General's office has widened its investigation of retained asset accounts to include several more insurers.
August 20, 2010
RAAs Not So Bad, Attorney ArguesA New York insurance lawyer contends that insurers are being "demonized" for issuing retained asset accounts.
August 20, 2010
Networking: An Action WordYou don't need to attend a networking event to network. Network, as in "to network," is a verb - an action word. You can network and create action almost anywhere.
August 20, 2010
Using the principles of persuasionPsychologists say we are born into one of four primary temperament styles.
August 19, 2010
NAIC Posts ACLI Derivatives ProposalThe American Council Life Insurers is suggesting a 3-tier system for classifying derivatives used to hedge insurer asset risk.