Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Aflac: Come Be Our Seedling
By Staff WriterAflac Inc. (NYSE:AFL) is using an interactive "growing tree" to persuade prospective insurance agents to consider selling the company's products.
January 06, 2010
Hub Scoops Up Wescom Life BusinessA large insurance broker is using an acquisition to expand its share of the Anaheim, Calif., market for life and health coverage.
January 06, 2010
Ohio Suspends Individual Health Insurer (Updated)Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson says a health insurer operating in the state failed to comply with a new state open enrollment law.
January 06, 2010
LTC Cost Increases Abated In 2008Spending on nursing home care climbed to more than $138 billion in 2008, up 4.6% from the 2007 total, according to federal analysts.
January 06, 2010
The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and the Web, Part 1: Who is online and what are they doing?How many of your boomer or Silent Generation clients are online? Based on data published by the Pew Research Center, the answer is: A lot!
January 06, 2010
New York Life: Stability CountsA giant mutual life insurer is rolling out a print advertising campaign that promotes the long-term guarantees provided by whole life insurance.
January 06, 2010
Phoenix To Sell PFG UnitTiptree Financial Partners L.P. has agreed to buy the private placement insurance arm of Phoenix Companies Inc., Phoenix says.
January 06, 2010
January means business (succession planning)This week I want to make you aware of some of the highlights from the January issue of Life Insurance Selling.