Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Simple & affordable: How benefits brokers can create small business market appeal
By Lori WidmerAs small businesses wrestle to balance cost and value in their benefits programs, brokers have an opportunity to recommend affordable options and at the same time differentiate themselves.
September 20, 2016
How to maximize Social Security benefits for women4 scenarios that affect the optimal time for a woman to begin drawing Social Security.
September 20, 2016
Let's think again about whether Dodd-Frank workedIt's not obvious that Dodd-Frank made the U.S. economy safer and sounder. Here's why.
September 20, 2016
Fiduciary rule causes insurers to pull back on financial productsState Farm Insurance says it will not accept liability on the future sale of annuities or mutual funds. Meanwhile, Allstate, USAA and Nationwide plan to stay in the commission investment business.
September 20, 2016
Optimize your lead-handling processEstablishing a process to handle incoming leads can ensure that potential clients don't fall through the cracks.
September 19, 2016
Additional DOL fiduciary pitfalls to avoidWhile the new rules certainly fall less heavily on RIAs, they are not off the hook for potential compliance problems.
September 19, 2016
Is it possible to change an unmotivated population?Health-related behavior modifications could result in $300 billion of savings in overall claims, but is it really possible for people to change?
September 19, 2016
Insurance Industry News Roundup: Week of September 19, 2016NAIFA announces new leadership, New York Life courts millennials in fresh marketing campaign, and more.