Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
It's the risk, not the price
By Dave KahleThe winners in the competitive selling arena of our difficult economy are those who are the low risk providers, not the low price people.
December 07, 2009
LIMRA joins forces with HoopisLIMRA has partnered with Hoopis Performance Network to bring performance development tools and services to insurance industry professionals and organizations.
December 07, 2009
NAIC Releases Health Policy Rescission Data DraftBetween 2004 and 2008, insurers rescinded 1,464 health policies or certificates based on conditions that were not diagnosed before the insureds applied for coverage.
December 07, 2009
ECFC: Cadillac Plan Tax May Have Broad ImpactThe "high-cost plan excise tax" in the Senate health bill could crowd vision, dental and specified disease insurance products out of benefits packages, according to the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation.
December 07, 2009
Missouri Sticks With IIPRC StandardsThe Show Me State has agreed to use annuity standards set by the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission.
December 07, 2009
Retirement Income: Half Of Retiree Assets In DrawdownAlmost half of all financial assets held by households in the 65-and-over category can now be considered in retirement income "drawdown" mode, according to new research.
December 07, 2009
ACLI, AHIP See Sun Rise In JapanInsurance groups in the United States and elsewhere are hoping that Japan will change the privatization of Japan Post Insurance to be more to their liking.
December 07, 2009
Senate Pushes Ahead With Health Bill DebateMembers of the Senate today added a consumer information amendment to H.R. 3590, the Senate health bill, but they rejected a proposed amendment that would have required any Medicare program savings to be used to shore up Medicare.