Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Agency Warms Up To Japan
By Staff WriterStandard & Poor's Ratings Services is revising its outlook for 4 Japanese life insurers and 2 property-casualty insurers to positive, from stable.Deflation is easing in ...
May 22, 2006
Working Toward A Single Standard For Many PlayersJust about everyone in the insurance arena agrees that having a single set of data standards for transactions is a good thing...
May 21, 2006
Build A Highly Profitable Business By Helping Working-Class AmericansAs financial advisors, we hear advice from industry consultants encouraging us to "move up market," to abandon the working-class American and cultivate relationships with the affluent...
May 21, 2006
Mega Million Paychecks For Top Insurance ExecsIn 2006, 22 executives at the top 16 insurers that sell life insurance pulled in total compensation of over $261 million, according to regulatory filings.
May 21, 2006
High Court Lets Plans Share In Patients' RecoveriesThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 15 that health plans can ask for reimbursement when another party pays for the cost of an ...
May 21, 2006
ACORD Seeks To Transform Its Vision Of Data StandardsFew would argue the claim that the insurance industry is far different today than it was 30 to 40 years ago. What we do is ...
May 19, 2006
Regulator Pans Commission NegotiationsThe South Dakota Division of Insurance is warning agents against offering most customers a cut of their commissions or charging customers extra fees.South Dakota prohibits ...
May 18, 2006
Hardis To Lead Marsh BoardThe executive lineup is changing at a major insurance broker.Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., New York, says Stephen Hardis will be succeeding Robert Erburu as ...