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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Carriers Tackle Provider IT Headaches
By Staff WriterHealth insurers are trying to come together to reduce the time and expensive doctors devote to coping with the mishmash of payer computer systems.
October 05, 2009
GAO: Straighten Out DC Plan DisclosureCongress should consider putting tougher retirement plan fee disclosure laws in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to U.S. Government Accountability Office officials.
October 05, 2009
NAIFA: IPA Bill Fiduciary Standard UnrealisticThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors is trying to change a fiduciary standard provision in a major new financial services reform bill.
October 05, 2009
Ario Wants Insurer LiquidatedPennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has concluded that Penn Treaty Network America is in worse shape than he originally thought, and he has asked a state court for permission to liquidate it.
October 05, 2009
Are You A Fiduciary?Discussion is stirring in Congress over whether an Obama administration proposal to have brokers who provide investment advice held to a fiduciary standard, not just the current suitability standard.
October 05, 2009
Life Settlement Securitizations Pose No Systemic Threat, LISA AssertsAt a recent Congressional hearing, a representative of the life settlement industry derided as ludicrous claims that securitization of life settlements would constitute a potential systemic threat to economic stability.
October 05, 2009
Wake-up CallFollowing President Obama's recent address to the joint session of Congress, I listened to several analyses on three different TV channels.