Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Pallone: Health Bill May Pass Soon
By Arthur D. PostalCongress hopes to approve health care system reform legislation this year, a key House member says.
April 01, 2009
The Trends IssueAn ongoing season of economic free-fall has many advisors re-examining the very basics of their practices, their products and their whole approach to selling. With an eye to surviving and thriving amidst economic uncertainty, our annual look...
April 01, 2009
Barofsky: Feds Are Probing BonusesThe U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies are undertaking several investigations of the American International Group Inc. financial products unit retention bonuses.
April 01, 2009
Become a king of setting goalsI have a new idea for a game. It's called King of the Beach. The playing board is a replica of a beach. The ocean is on one side of the board while a beach of sand is on the other. Both areas are marked by squares for movement from...
April 01, 2009
Vertafore Licenses Connection TechAn insurance software company will be working with another company to link the ImageRight content management system to other software products.
April 01, 2009
The advisor as therapistWho says that being a financial advisor isn't a little like being a therapist? For instance, if you don't know the difference between an emotional request and a rational (intellectual) one, you'll be blindsided by the emotional
April 01, 2009
Down, not outWhen I get calls from readers, they generally fall into one of two categories: 1. They have a pitch for me. 2. They have a comment about a recent story. But a call I received recently was unlike any other I've answered here. It was from an
April 01, 2009
Who does your taxes and why?"It may sound funny, but I have H&R Block do my taxes. I have a girl there who's been handling my taxes for the better part of a decade. She has my past records, knows what to look for, what questions to ask, so I pretty much show up