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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Trades See Slight Improvement In Market Conduct Process
By Jim ConnollyInsurance industry trade groups say efforts to streamline the market conduct examination process have had little effect on the number of exams.The total number of ...
June 18, 2006
NAIC Approves Annuity And SOX ModelsMembers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have voted here at the group's summer meeting to adopt several new models, including a revised annuities ...
June 18, 2006
Regulators Go To WashingtonTreasury officials met here with representatives from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners earlier this month and asked whether the tax code is giving life ...
June 18, 2006
New Products Abound At IASAVendors unveiled tools for insurance research, processing, compliance, document management and other activities here June 4-5 at the IASA 2006 Educational Conference & Business Show.Highline ...
June 18, 2006
Speakers: Hybrid Securities Confusion Could Spook InvestorsLingering confusion about the risk classification of hybrid securities could scare investors away from the insurance sector and threaten some companies' financial stability, insurers and ...
June 18, 2006
Compact Commission Holds Inaugural MeetingState insurance regulators, insurers and producers celebrated the launch of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission here last week and started the business of putting ...
June 18, 2006
AXA To Acquire WinterthurAXA S.A., one of the world's largest financial services companies, has agreed to pay the equivalent of about $10.3 billion in cash for the Winterthur ...
June 18, 2006
12 Weeks To BreakthroughBreakthrough performance is a quantum leap in results. It occurs when we do something different that produces a significant gain--of 50%, 100% or 200%. Breakthrough ...