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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Clark To Lead Kentucky Department
By Staff WriterSharon Clark is the new commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance.Clark succeeds John Burkholder, an acting commissioner, who will return to his role as ...
June 30, 2008
Agency Acquires Indiana AdvisorWestPoint Financial Group is scooping up Champ Financial Service L.L.C.WestPoint, Carmel, Ind., is a general agency of Massachusetts Mutual Financial Group, Springfield, Mass.Champ Financial, Indianapolis, ...
June 27, 2008
GAO: 2005 Medicare Plan Costs Were LowMedical costs were lower than carriers expected and administrative costs higher during the first year of Medicare Advantage plan operations.James Cosgrove, a director at the ...
June 27, 2008
Court Declines Equitable Relief CasesThe U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up 2 cases involving employee benefit plan fiduciaries accused of making serious plan administration errors.The court ...
June 27, 2008
Cerulli: More Wholesalers Woo Fewer AdvisorsThe number of financial advisors practicing in the United States may have fallen to 298,000 in 2007, from 301,000 in 2004.Consultants at Cerulli Associates Inc., ...
June 27, 2008
FINRA Warns Against Selling AssetsA regulator says investors should think twice before taking out reverse mortgages, getting 401(k) plan debit cards or selling life insurance policies to cope with ...
June 27, 2008
Voss Calls For Teamwork As SEC Airs ProposalIowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss says she would like to have a chance to talk to members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about ...
June 26, 2008
Expand your influenceTeach a free chat room class on a subject related to your business. Publish a free e-zine. Use some of the extra space in your e-zine to write about yourself or business. Publish a section on your web site called "About Us".