Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
PBGC Loses Billions On Stock Holdings
By Arthur D. PostalThe U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. lost more than $3.1 billion on trust fund stock investments during the first 11 months of the last fiscal ...
October 21, 2008
Marketing tips to make yourself knownGet on TV. Even if you can't manage to get your own show, you can still be on TV. Many programs, such as news programs, are looking for guests for expert segments. You can also buy your own TV time, creating ads and/or infomercials about
October 21, 2008
Book Covers Employer Plan Collection SuitsThe International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has published a guide for multiemployer benefit fund trustees who must take legal action to collect delinquent plan ...
October 21, 2008
Witnesses: Feds Should Help Oversee InsuranceFinancial services industry representatives today called for Congress to expand the federal government's role in insurance regulation.The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on ...
October 21, 2008
AIG Suspends Lobbying OperationsAmerican International Group Inc. is putting formal efforts to influence government officials on ice.AIG, New York, has decided to "suspend all lobbying activities in conjunction ...
October 20, 2008
Panel Asks AIG For Derivatives Unit RecordsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is seeking documents relating to the activities of the American International Group Inc. financial products subsidiary.Rep. Henry Waxman, ...
October 20, 2008
MassMutual Reaches Out To WomenMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company will be observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month by promoting 2 brochures aimed at women.One brochure is according to MassMutual, Springfield, ...
October 20, 2008
Netherlands Puts Cash In INGThe Dutch government is investing the equivalent of $13 billion in ING Groep N.V.ING, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, says the cash infusion will strengthen its ability ...