Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
12 Weeks To Breakthrough
By Brian P. MoranBreakthrough 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 ...
June 14, 2006
Planners Want Fiduciary StandardAlmost all members of a financial planners group say they should be held to a fiduciary standard requiring them to act in a client's best ...
June 13, 2006
In Face Of Storm, Florida Lifts Rx LimitsIn response to the tropical storm that hit its panhandle region today, Florida's insurance commissioner has issued an emergency order suspending certain statutes regulating prescription ...
June 13, 2006
Principle-Based Reserving AdvancesThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has authorized a new working group that will examine the issue of principle-based reserving.The NAIC gave its endorsement to ...
June 12, 2006
New Hampshire Regulators Charge ING Over Fund SalesThe New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation has charged two U.S. units of ING Groep N.V. with disclosing too little information about the company's mutual ...
June 12, 2006
NAIC Approves Annuity and SOX ModelsThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted new versions of its suitability model for annuities and a model audit rule designed to strengthen corporate ...
June 12, 2006
Consumer Advocates, Insurers Weigh In On Life SettlementsConsumer advocates told regulators there is a place for a secondary market of life insurance policies.A secondary market had made other markets such as the ...
June 12, 2006
Groups Say Market Conduct Studies Show Small AdvanceA survey of market conduct exams conducted by insurance trade groups among their member companies found the number of examinations has changed little, despite efforts ...