Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
NCOIL: Don't Start Annuities for Strangers
By Staff WriterA National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) committee has formed a stranger-initiated annuity transactions subcomittee.
July 16, 2010
Dear OFS: About That Compensation Report . . .The Office of Financial Stability (OFS) is asking for comments on the Troubled Asset Relief Program executive compensation data collection effort.
July 16, 2010
Personnel Changes: ING, Guardian, P&R Dental Strategies, AlphaStaff,ING Groep N.V. has hired Bruce Wallace to be senior vice president and head of strategic distribution for the U.S. life insurance business.
July 16, 2010
NCOIL Postpones Action on Dental Fees ModelThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) will be spending more time working on a dental services fee schedule proposal.
July 16, 2010
How to create success behaviorSuccess. Many financial advisors go about getting it as if they expect it to be here right now. Yet, success eludes so many. Why? My experience shows me that it's a simple clarity and goal issue.
July 15, 2010
Witnesses: Accept No Substitutes for Social SecurityPrivate companies are not really set up to provide the kind of long-term financial protection that Social Security programs provide, speakers said today at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
July 15, 2010
Feds Change Medicare B Premium RulesThe Social Security Administration is changing the rules governing charges for the Medicare program component that pays for doctors' services, diagnostic services and medical supplies.
July 15, 2010
Q and A with a Successful Health Agent: Travis MiddletonTravis Middleton started his career as a captive agent selling mortgage cancellation insurance. After three years, he decided to break out on his own and open an independent practice offering group health and other products - and the decision paid off.