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NAIFA to Revamp Local Association Structure
By Staff WriterThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors says it will be responding to declining membership by trying to create more customer value.The board of ...
January 23, 2007
LIFE Seeks Great Planning StoriesAn insurance education group is asking financial professionals for stories about how life, health, disability or long term care insurance policies have helped clients overcome ...
January 23, 2007
AIG Units Add Service In SpanishAmerican General Life Insurance Company and the United States Life Insurance Company have introduced a bilingual customer service call center for individual policyholders.American General Life, ...
January 23, 2007
Accenture: Americans Face More IT ClutterEuropean life insurers may be ahead of North American life insurers when it comes to consolidating policy administration systems.Consultants in a New York office of ...
January 21, 2007
Appeals Court Rejects Maryland's "Wal-Mart" Insurance MandateA federal appeals court in Baltimore says state laws that give employers a choice between providing health coverage and paying a tax or fee violate ...
January 21, 2007
New BlackBerry Offers Functional GainsWhile mobile computing is still a tough sell in the slow-to-adopt-technology insurance industry, the makers of the popular BlackBerry wireless handheld device are continuing to ...
January 21, 2007
Advisors Save Time, Learn More With Web-Based TrainingIn 2003, my company faced a critical challenge: how to effectively deliver training to a nationwide field force. The solution, we found, lay in supplementing ...
January 19, 2007
Regulatory Commission: 29 Members And CountingMichigan has become the 29th state to join the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Commission.Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation permitting Michigan to join the IIPRCC ...