Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Tech Bits: Portico, IPipeline
By Staff WriterPrincipal Financial Group Inc. has started using a provider management system from Portico Systems Inc.
May 10, 2010
Milliman: Life Income Guarantees Need GuaranteesThe United States will have to come up with new risk-management mechanisms if it wants many more workers to annuitize their retirement assets, according to financial risk management specialists at Milliman Inc.
May 10, 2010
Appeals Court Overturns Florida Settlement RulingThe 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in connection with litigation with a life settlement firm.
May 10, 2010
UBS, CFP Name New Head of CFP's Council on EducationThe Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards and UBS Wealth Management announced Monday, May 10, that Mark Kordes, head of wealth planning for UBS in the United States, will serve as the new chairman of the CFP Board's Council on Education.
May 10, 2010
Penn Mutual: Women Know How They're DoingWomen who believe they make good financial models for their children are significantly more likely than other women to be on track to achieve key financial goals.
May 10, 2010
Weiss On U.S. AAA Rating: Hah!Martin Weiss is calling on the big rating agencies to downgrade the long-term sovereign debt of the United States.
May 10, 2010
S. 3217: A National Underwriter Guide To The Restoring Financial Stability Act DebateImplementing S. 3217, the Restoring Financial Stability Act bill, could lead to years of financial services system change.
May 07, 2010
Hartford To Turn 200An insurer will celebrate its bicentennial May 10 at the New York Stock Exchange.