Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Anatomy Of A Recession
By Jack BoboThere is a pretty strong consensus today that our current economic woes were brought on by the bubble in housing. There is less agreement, though, on the exact cause of the bubble.
March 13, 2009
Investors, Advisors Rate Possible RescuersAdvisors may have somewhat more faith in the U.S. Treasury Department than high-net-worth clients do.
March 13, 2009
IRS Thinks Many Large Estates UnderpayTotal U.S. estate tax collections increased to about $27 billion in 2008, up 8% from the 2007 total.
March 13, 2009
Tool Measures Retirement ReadinessA Midwestern financial services company has come out with a new tool that financial professionals can use with prospective defined contribution plan sponsors.
March 13, 2009
Investigate New NU Web ExclusivesCheck out the new articles posted exclusively on the Web on our newly designed site. See "Don't Be A Referral Wimp" by Bill Cates and "DynNo Tax Trust Strategy" by Donald Schreiber ...
March 13, 2009
Towers Perrin Warns On PensionsA typical large defined benefit pension plan may have ended February with only 60% of the assets needed to cover pension obligations.
March 13, 2009
Insurer Adds LTC Insurance Sales KitJohn Hancock Life Insurance is putting out a new set of marketing and prospecting tools for financial advisors who sell long term care insurance.
March 13, 2009
AEGON Merges UnitsA West Coast financial services firm is combining with a sister company.