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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
AALU Event Speakers Ponder New Congress
By Arthur D. PostalThe next Congress could give the life insurance industry a federal charter system--but participants in a discussion hosted by a group that backs the optional ...
November 11, 2008
Marketing Group Adopts Hosted StrategyM Financial Group, a life insurance distribution consortium, is letting E-Z Data Inc. run the company's SmartOffice agency management system on its own computers.M Financial, ...
November 11, 2008
Health Carriers License Call Center TechA company that controls patents says 3 insurers have agreed to settlements in connection with the technology they use to communicate with customers.A unit of ...
November 11, 2008
Wealth Manager: Clients Still Need AdviceThe economic downturn may present opportunities for financial advisors as well as challenges, according to a financial services veteran.Many financial advisors must rebuild the trust ...
November 10, 2008
Survey: Boomers With Advisors Feel BetterAccess to professional help may increase the odds that Americans ages 45 to 64 will be optimistic about their long-term financial health.Researchers at Thrivent Financial ...
November 10, 2008
Treasury Official Explains AIG Aid ChangesThe U.S. Treasury Department has given American International Group Inc. an improved rescue package to shore up the financial system, according to Neel Kashkari.Kashkari, the ...
November 10, 2008
MassMutual Refuses TARP AssistanceMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company says it will not take part in the U.S. Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program."MassMutual is well-positioned and has the ...
November 07, 2008
Employer Chooses Clinic ProviderAccellant Inc. has picked Marathon Health Inc. to handle wellness and disease management services at 16 U.S. facilities.Accellant, Monmouth Junction, N.J., makes medical devices.Marathon Health, ...