Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Launch Your Worries Into Space
By Staff WriterNorthwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company is giving consumers a chance to drown their worries, hurl them away with a catapult, float them in a hot ...
April 15, 2008
High commitment means high yieldHighly satisfied clients use more services and give more of their money to their investment firm, according to the latest "Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study"? from J.D. Power and Associates.And despite the ready availability of online
April 15, 2008
Common pricing mistakes1. Companies base their prices on their costs, not their customers' perceptions of value. 2. Companies base their prices on "the marketplace." By resorting to "marketplace pricing," companies
April 15, 2008
Updated activity guidelines for seniorsIn a joint effort to update 12-year-old activity recommendations for older adults, the American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine issued revised guidelines.The full report can be downloaded as a PDF from www.acsm.org or
April 15, 2008
NASAA updates investment advisor best practicesThe North American Securities Administrators Association has issued an updated set of best practices to help investment advisors stay in compliance.NASAA President and North Dakota Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler said the best practices were
April 15, 2008
NAFA Criticizes TV Annuity ReportThe National Association for Fixed Annuities is criticizing a television news show segment that focused on indexed annuities.Dateline NBC broadcast a report Sunday that portrayed ...
April 14, 2008
Dental plan brings affordable coveragePoor oral health has been tied to myriad other health problems, as mouth problems become larger bodywide problems. Seniors especially need to take care of their teeth and gums. To that end, eHealth Companion has introduced eHealth Companion Dental,
April 14, 2008
Retirees can't find the mapNinety-five percent of retirees who have worked with an advisor in the first two years of retirement found that professional help valuable. That's the good news. The bad news, according to a survey from Thrivent Financial, is that only 22 percent of