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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Getting personal with direct mail
By Staff WriterStudies in the direct mail industry continue to demonstrate that highly personalized direct mail packages result in increased response rates. In fact, a study conducted by marketing group POD showed a 1,000 percent increase in client and prospect
October 31, 2008
Willis Launches Wellness ProgramA benefits consulting firm will emphasize use of concrete incentives in a new health improvement campaign.The benefits practice at Willis Group Holdings Inc., New York, ...
October 31, 2008
Accounting Board: You CAN Use JudgmentAn advisory panel at the International Association Standards Board says company managers and auditors should feel free to use their judgment when valuing financial instruments ...
October 30, 2008
AmWins Adds Temporary Medical ProductA benefits broker is marketing a new short-term health insurance program as a solution for workers who may lose their jobs as a result of ...
October 30, 2008
NAHU Supports Level Medicare Plan CommissionsThe National Association of Health Underwriters has weighed in on recent rumblings in Congress about Medicare Advantage plan agent compensation structures.Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman ...
October 30, 2008
Bair: FDIC Could Back Insurance ProductsCongress and the Bush administration are thinking about having the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guarantee insurance products."That might be a direction where our abilities would ...
October 29, 2008
Pessimistic not scaredAccording to a survey conducted by LIMRA in mid-October, U.S. consumers are content with their investments and banking or insurance arrangements during this financial crisis. LIMRA is a worldwide research and consulting organization that aids more
October 29, 2008
Crump To Summarize Life App FilesCrump Life Insurance Services has started a service that will summarize life insurance policy application medical files and related documents and deliver the data in ...