Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
The Power In Partnership: What To Look For In An Insurance Wholesaler
By Tony SteigerwaldUpon my return from the recent NAIFA conference in Washington, I couldn't help but reflect on the dilemma faced by the agents I saw there, ...
November 21, 2007
NCOIL Announces 2008 OfficersRhode Island state Rep. Brian Kennedy, D-Hopkinton, R.I., is now the president of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators.NCOIL, Troy, N.Y., also has announced the ...
November 21, 2007
Firm Offers Different Way To View Local StatsMarketStance has come up with what it believes is a new way to look at insurance market data.MarketStance, a unit of IntelliStance L.L.C., Middletown, Conn., ...
November 20, 2007
Companion Life Closes On MontgomeryA subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina has acquired a managing general underwriter that sells stop-loss coverage to self-funded employer health ...
November 20, 2007
Bay State Drops Request For Injunction Against Health InsurerA Texas company says its insurance subsidiaries can continue to sell coverage in Massachusetts.The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has dropped her request ...
November 20, 2007
AXA Equitable Gorilla To Knock On ScreensAn insurer is using a large, hairy primate to do battle with the mute button.AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, New York, a unit of AXA ...
November 20, 2007
Tech Bits: Watson Wyatt, MEDecisionA consulting firm has come out with a U.S. version of a financial and actuarial modeling system it has been marketing overseas.Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Washington, ...
November 20, 2007
Brokerage agenciesTop three most important factors in choosing a brokerage agency: Service - 85.1% Product - 78.2% Communication - 71.1% The least important factor in the survey: location - 11.4%. Top five resources brokers look for: