Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Why Some BGAs Are Wooing Banks And B-Ds
By Linda KocoBrokerage general agencies have been striking up alliances with banks and broker-dealers, inking deals where the BGA provides specialized products, services and support in life ...
November 19, 2006
Achieving ROI By Streamlining Sales And Service ProcessesToday's insurance market is fiercely competitive, prompting carriers, agents and brokers to look for any possible advantage when selling group insurance products. Because several key ...
November 19, 2006
Technology Bolsters Sales Process For Agents, CarriersWhether the focus is on life insurance, health insurance, annuities, long term care coverage or some variation on the above, agents, financial advisors and carriers ...
November 19, 2006
Program Directors Upbeat On Changes At CFP BoardEducational directors of programs leading to the Certified Financial Planner designation breathed a collective sigh of relief following the departure of the CFP Board of ...
November 18, 2006
ACLI To Korea: Let Insurers Cover Co-PaymentsA U.S. trade group is complaining about an Asian country's efforts to rein in its rising health care costs.The Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare ...
November 18, 2006
Helping Women Face Longevity RiskThe well-known fact that wives tend to outlive their husbands could hit financial professionals harder than they realize.Speakers talked about the "longevity mismatch" between spouses ...
November 17, 2006
UnumProvident Unit Reaches Out To BrokersColonial Supplemental Insurance says it is offering more Web support services for producers who are new to the voluntary benefits market.Colonial, Columbia, S.C., a unit ...
November 16, 2006
Credit Card Reward Program To Pay Medical BillsA unit of Bank of America Corp. is setting up a credit card program for customers of Aetna Inc.The new Aetna Health Living card will ...