Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Forecasters: Government Bailouts Could Backfire
By Daniel HaysMassive efforts to support troubled financial institutions might end up increasing instability, by affecting the "precarious fiscal positions" of the United States and other countries.The ...
January 12, 2009
Anti-Identity Theft Firm Signs DistributorIllinois Health Agents Inc. has agreed to sell a package of services from LifeLock Inc.Illinois Health, Glen Ellyn, Ill., is an independent health insurance brokerage ...
January 12, 2009
AlwaysCare To Sell National Guardian ProductsAn ancillary benefits company is expanding into the life and income protection arenas.AlwaysCare Benefits, a unit of Starmount Life Insurance Company, Baton Rouge, La., says ...
January 12, 2009
Celent: Insurance IT Still GrowingNorth American and world insurance information technology spending could increase slightly this year.Overall world financial services IT spending could fall to about $353 billion this ...
January 12, 2009
Aetna Estimates 2009 Pension HitA managed care company says the turmoil in the investment markets could force it to make a big pension contribution this year.Aetna Inc., Hartford, says ...
January 09, 2009
Genworth Cuts 1,000 JobsA financial services company says it has implemented plans announced in December 2008 to reduce the size of its workforce by about 14%.
January 09, 2009
Houses Passes Modified Equal Pay BillsThe American Benefits Council says wage discrimination legislation that passed in the House today could expose pension plan sponsors to the threat of suits over ...
January 08, 2009
Four 'P's for your marketing planThere are four 'p's to keep in mind when developing your marketing plan. In his book, "Bridging the Value Gap," Thomas F. Rieman writes, "[W]hile...