Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
King: Let Stable Value In
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Department of Labor should let retirement plans use stable value products as qualified default investment alternatives, an insurer executive says.
July 22, 2009
MFS Will Be HiringSun Life Financial Inc. plans to expand the global investment and distribution programs at its MFS Investment Management unit.
July 22, 2009
AAA: CLASS Too CostlyA recently proposed federal long term care program would cost too much for the people it is supposed to cover.
July 22, 2009
Employers: LTC SkepticsFew small companies think they can afford to offer long term care insurance, and many doubt whether employees want the benefit.
July 22, 2009
Tool Aids Funeral PlanningMatrix Direct Inc. and the Dignity Memorial network are marketing a system that can help consumers plan and fund funerals and other end-of-life arrangements.
July 22, 2009
Individual Health PaysThink tank researchers who question the quality of many individual health insurance policies have reported survey data hinting that individual health policies may pay claims more promptly.
July 22, 2009
Obama Eyes Caddy Plan TaxThe White House is expressing a willingness to consider a Senate proposal that could impose a tax on high-end health insurance plans as a means of helping to pay for health system reform.
July 22, 2009
Bank Annuity Sales RiseBank holding company earnings from annuity sales were about 12% higher in the first quarter than they were in the first quarter of 2008.