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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Scorpios Worry, Virgos Budget
By Staff WriterFinancial professionals may have to work harder to persuade Aries clients to buy lifetime income annuities and Libra clients to buy long term care insurance.Researchers ...
December 15, 2006
Cornhusker Regulators Act Against Health CarrierThe Nebraska Insurance Department has scheduled a hearing on concerns about units of UnitedHealth Group Inc. for Feb. 14, 2007.The units, including UnitedHealth's main managed ...
December 13, 2006
Consumer Reps Grade NAICConsumer advocates who work with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners say the organization deserves passing marks for most of its efforts.The consumer advocates who ...
December 12, 2006
McCamish To Support Phoenix OperationA large insurer has picked a technology vendor for its executive benefits operation.Phoenix Companies Inc., Hartford, has hired McCamish Systems L.L.C., Atlanta, to provide 409A ...
December 12, 2006
EIA Seller To Offer Agents Stock OptionsAmerican Equity Investment Life Holding Company will give top independent producers a chance to get a stake in the company.American Equity, West Des Moines, Iowa, ...
December 11, 2006
NAIC Adopts Hybrid Securities Patch And Other MeasuresMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted unanimously here to approve a short-term rule for assessing the riskiness of hybrid securities.Meanwhile, the NAIC's ...
December 11, 2006
Carrier Fields 6 Wealth SpecialistsHartford Financial Services Group Inc. is setting up a new support program for brokers, accountants, trust company staffers and others who work with clients with ...
December 11, 2006
Insurers Update Online PresenceJohn Hancock Annuities is promoting its products through a new Web site.John Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., Toronto, says the new site ...