Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
The Case For Using Social Media
By Laurence P. GreenbergCommunicating with clients and reaching new prospects is critical for maintaining and growing your business.
October 02, 2009
Personnel Changes: Guardian, Hartford, Etc.Guardian Life Insurance Company of America says it has hired 13 regional vice presidents to support a unit to sells retirement products to small and midsize employers.
October 02, 2009
Bank Annuity Income Off 15%Aggregate revenue from annuities at 20 operating banks plunged 15% in second quarter 2009, according to a new report.
October 02, 2009
CBO Gets Baucus Health BillThe Senate Finance Committee has approved a health bill amendment that would limit affected health insurers to deducting $500,000 in remuneration per executive per year.
October 02, 2009
Financial Planners Are Hiring: StudyNearly a third of financial planning practices plan to hire additional staff in the next 12 months, a survey by the Financial Planning Association, Denver, finds.
October 02, 2009
W. Va. Adjusts 529The Hartford SMART529 college savings plan offered by West Virginia has added a new investment option.
October 02, 2009
Bill Would Create Fed Insurance OfficeThe chairman of a key House Financial Services panel last night unveiled draft legislation creating a federal insurance regulatory agency.
October 01, 2009
Diets don't work, and neither does inconsistent prospectingIf you've ever lost weight on a fad diet and quickly regained the pounds as soon as you returned to your usual way of eating, you know that diets don't work.