Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
NAILBA Comes Out For OFC
By Arthur D. PostalThe National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies has joined the list of trade groups voicing support for an optional federal charter.The trade group's support ...
September 10, 2006
Exposed: 5 Myths About The Small Business Retirement Plan MarketThere is a burgeoning need among small businesses for retirement planning assistance. And it is in this market that financial services professionals can have a ...
September 09, 2006
Try The STEP For A Unique Succession PlanDo your business owner clients have an exit strategy? Do they intend to sell the business to a relative, key employee(s) or an unrelated third party?
September 09, 2006
Small Business Owners Can Exit With CRUTs And GRATsFor those fortunate entrepreneurs who are looking to exit successful businesses for a life of leisure using their value to generate additional retirement income, several tax-efficient options are available.
September 07, 2006
Is Spitzer Easing Greenberg Charges?A lawyer for Maurice Greenberg, former chairman of American International Group Inc., says New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has agreed to narrow the scope ...
September 07, 2006
Viatical Model Draft Would Add Sales LimitsNorth Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman has released a 39-page draft of a revised viatical model that would require most life insurance policyholders to hold ...
September 07, 2006
IIPRC Consumer Advocate ResignsBonnie Burns has given up her position on the consumer advisory committee of the new Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission.Burns, a training and policy specialist ...
September 07, 2006
Lounds To Lead AHIAThe Association of Health Insurance Advisors has elected its 2006-2007 officers.Lawrence Lounds will succeed Debra Newman as president of AHIA, the health conference of the ...