Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Davidson to Lead American College
By Staff WriterThe financial services school that runs the Chartered Life Underwriter professional designation program has a new top trustee.
July 12, 2010
A House DividedAs last-minute Congressional negotiations on the financial reform bill seem to make Rule 151A a non-issue, the annuity industry has to pull back from this potentially explosive issue.
July 12, 2010
Starting a New Practice? Don't Forget About the Tax TypeProducers looking to establish an independent practice often do not place a high priority on figuring out what tax type the business will be. But they should.
July 12, 2010
The Changing Face of Financial Regulation ReformWhile critics of the omnibus financial services reform legislation that the House passed last week complain it imposes "bank-centric" regulation on insurers and agents, analysts say the impact will be manageable and there were no last-minute surprises.
July 12, 2010
Sigh of Relief for EIA SellersFor months, regulators from the SEC have sought to extend that agency's regulatory authority to cover the sale of equity indexed annuities, on the grounds that EIAs derive their value from market movements and as such, are not true insurance products.
July 11, 2010
Soldiers on the War on PovertyIn the fifteen years I spent in Washington working at NALU (now NAIFA), one of the events I always enjoyed was the Fourth of July celebration on the Capitol grounds.
July 09, 2010
NAIC Think Tank Hires Mortgage ExpertThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has picked Thomas Herzog to be the distinguished scholar in residence at its Center for Insurance Policy and Research.
July 09, 2010
Kaiser: Uninsured Poor Not That SickExpanding Medicaid to cover all legal, low-income U.S. residents might not lead to a huge spike in Medicaid medical claim rates, according to researchers with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.