Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
GAO To Insurance Regulators: Review Personal Data Buys
By Staff WriterState insurance departments should keep a closer eye on insurers' use of purchased data concerning individual consumers.Officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office have come ...
July 25, 2006
Gordon To Run Hancock Distribution ArmManulife Financial Corp. has promoted Peter Gordon to president of the John Hancock Financial Network.The network is the career agency distribution arm of John Hancock ...
July 24, 2006
Money Manager Settles SEC Market-Timing CaseA Kansas fund company has agreed to pay a total of $57 million to settle investigations concerning allegations that the company failed to stop speculators ...
July 23, 2006
Microsoft Deep-Sixes Windows 98The insurance industry, perhaps more than any other, has made an art form out of using technology to the fullest--and the longest--squeezing every last drop ...
July 21, 2006
Senate Passes Military Sales BillThe Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a bill would impose new rules on companies selling life insurance and other financial services products on military ...
July 21, 2006
Worksite Carrier Touts Enrollment SystemColonial Life & Accident Insurance Company is promoting a new Web-based enrollment system.The new Harmony enrollment system uses a centralized database to provide daily employee ...
July 21, 2006
FSP Opens To More Degree HoldersThe Society of Financial Services Professionals says it now will accept applications from individuals who have more types of graduate degrees.The FSP, Newtown Square, Pa., ...
July 20, 2006
Low Medicare Drug Claims Help TorchmarkStrong demand for limited-benefit health coverage and solid Medicare Part D prescription plan performance contributed to an increase in second-quarter earnings at Torchmark Corp.Torchmark, Birmingham, ...