Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Top 10 business lessons you can't afford to learn the hard way
By Dan WaldschmidtLearning them the "hard way" could prove very costly.
May 11, 2016
4 juicy disability insurance awareness market segmentsThe Council of Disability Awareness is hoping agents will be thirsty for prospecting ideas.
May 11, 2016
The Federal Reserve made the poor poorerThe poor would have been better off if the Fed had done more to support asset prices, particularly home prices.
May 11, 2016
Around the life and health insurance industry: Week of May 9, 2016News about disability insurance services, new expanded retirement products, key appointments within the industry and more.
May 11, 2016
How NOT to botch a big sales opportunityYou only have one chance to make it. Just make sure you don't faint.
May 10, 2016
New "dot insurance" domain name should help drive businessThis is the second installment of a two-part essay about how the forthcoming finance-specific online domain names could affect the insurance industry.
May 10, 2016
The six-hour workday works in Europe. What about America?A study shows employees get sick less, have lower stress, and work harder. Still, applying the idea in the U.S. won't be easy.
May 10, 2016
Job openings in U.S. jumped in March to second-highest on recordProfessional services show the biggest gain in help wanted, and more Americans also quit their jobs, indicating confidence in the market.