Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
RAAs: Shelby Asks For Banking Committee Hearing
By Arthur D. PostalThe highest ranking Republican on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee wants the panel to hold a hearing on retained asset accounts.
August 13, 2010
RAA Suit Raises Questions About Interest RatesLawyers have filed a purported class-action lawsuit involving retained asset accounts in a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
August 13, 2010
Personnel Changes: N.Y. Life, Transamerica, Hartford, Colonial, LMI, AetnaNew York Life Insurance Company says John Kim will be taking over from Gary Wendlandt as chief investment officer at the end of the year.
August 13, 2010
LIMRA: VA Sales ClimbVariable annuity sales grew to about $36 billion in the second quarter, up 11% from the total recorded in the second quarter of 2009.
August 13, 2010
Tips for selling LTCI via webinarSelling LTCI online is being heralded as the future of the business. The concept is to "screen share" while on the phone together.
August 12, 2010
Cerulli: Advisor Pool is ShrinkingThe number of U.S. financial advisors fell to 310,000 at the end of 2008, from 314,000 at the end of 2004.
August 12, 2010
PPACA: Obama Set to Appear at NAIC MeetingPresident Obama plans to talk about Affordable Care Act implementation Tuesday at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners summer meeting.
August 12, 2010
ACLI Opposes VA Double ReportingThe American Council of Life Insurers is asking a panel at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to avoid imposing redundant disclosure requirements on variable annuity issuers.