Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
EBSA Publishes 403(b) Bulletin
By Allison BellAn arm of the U.S. Department of Labor has come out with a new batch of advice aimed at the nonprofit employers that offer 403(b) retirement plans and the advisors that serve them.
February 23, 2010
Gibbs: Federal Health Rate Regulator Not A New AgencyObama administration officials want the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to work with state insurance regulators to oversee health insurance prices, rather than creating a new price review agency.
February 23, 2010
Obama Plan Faces Jeers From NAIC, NAMIC, AALTCIThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners is ready to oppose any health bill provisions that would permit federal preemption of state insurance rate regulation, an official says.
February 23, 2010
NAIFA: What Did The Fiduciary Standard Do To Stop Madoff?Producer groups are hoping they still have time to keep Sen. Christopher Dodd from calling for financial services broker-dealers to conform to the same standard of care that applies to investment advisors.
February 23, 2010
Volcker: Thaw CongressPolitical gridlock on Capitol Hill is keeping Congress from passing laws needed to govern financial institutions, renew the estate tax and shore up the Social Security trust fund, according to a former Federal Reserve chairman.
February 23, 2010
Eight do's and don'ts of social media marketingKeep your social media strategy on track with these tips.
February 22, 2010
Editor's Blog: Tone DeafSteve Piontek is willing to assume that the 39% health insurance rate increase WellPoint proposed in California makes actuarial sense. The timing of the request? In Piontek's view: Not so much.
February 22, 2010
Medicaid Carrier To Acquire South Carolina CarrierA unit of Centene Corp. (NYSE:CNC) has agreed to buy Carolina Crescent Health Plan Inc.