Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Estate Tax Uncertainty Makes Life Insurance Even More Necessary
By Norse N. Blazzard, Judith A. HasenauerAs insurance professionals know, federal estate taxes will recommence on January 1, 2011, ending nearly a decade of confusion regarding their future.
April 02, 2010
Mass. Rebuffs Most Health Care Rate HikesThe Massachusetts Division of Insurance has rejected 235 of 274 rate increases proposed by health insurers for small groups.
April 02, 2010
S&P Upgrades Some AIG RatingsStandard & Poor's has upgraded American International Group Inc.'s long-term counterparty credit rating and raised its standard-alone credit profile five notches.
April 02, 2010
AIA Sees Progress In International Equivalency TalksEuropean insurance regulators are making progress in developing an suitable approach to be used in determining whether the European and U.S. regulatory systems are equivalent, according to the American Insurance Association.
April 02, 2010
LTC Expert Critiques CLASS ActThe passage of the CLASS Act may make more Americans aware long term care is an overlooked gap in their retirement planning, an expert says.
April 02, 2010
Ten tips to improve your prospect pipelineWhen we talk advisors and ask them about what they want to improve in their practice, invariably the answer that comes back is their prospect pipeline.
April 02, 2010
IT Investment Pushed By Need To Grow: SurveyThe top reason insurers embark on technology programs is to grow their business, according to a consulting firm's survey of insurers' chief information officers.
April 02, 2010
Texas Regulator Charges Settlement Firm With FraudThe Texas State Securities Board has issued an emergency cease-and-desist order against a life settlement firm and 2 of its executives for violating the state's securities laws.