Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Personnel Changes: Great-West, Protective, Aviva, Others
By Staff WriterGreat-West Retirement Services has hired 8 internal wholesalers, and it hopes to hire more as the size of its external sales team increases.
August 13, 2009
School Raises ChFC BarThe American College will require financial professionals to take a ninth course to qualify for the Chartered Financial Consultant designation.
August 13, 2009
Government Plan Rules EasedThe Internal Revenue Service is giving sponsors of some governmental retirement plans more time to adopt remedial amendments.
August 13, 2009
IRS: Help Us With 414(x) RulesThe Internal Revenue Service wants advice about how it should implement a new law that will let employers offer defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution plans on a combined basis.
August 13, 2009
E-Bits: IPipeline, Principal, Assurant, National Life, OthersA life insurer has started using new insurance application routing capabilities from Internet Pipeline Inc.
August 13, 2009
Insurer Sues Over Madoff CostsMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and some of its financial units are suing casualty insurers in connection with allegations that the insurers failed to cover legal costs stemming from the Bernard Madoff fraud.
August 13, 2009
New advisor group brings it all togetherAiming to provide the American consumer with a comprehensive financial plan for the future, the new Producers Equity Group, will offer the entire range of insurance, securities and managed money solutions to its advisors.
August 13, 2009
Where do seniors live?A study of the types of homes seniors inhabit, conducted by Metlife's Mature Market Institute, reveals some expected trends, beginning with the increase in this segment of the population.