Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
February 17, 2006
Software Firm Jumps Into TPA MarketVector Insurance Services L.L.C. plans to get the licenses it needs to act as a third-party administrator for life insurance companies throughout the United States.Vector, ...
February 17, 2006
Broker Group Goes WestThe Marketing Alliance Inc. has moved its headquarters to St. Louis, from Pittsburgh.TMA is a group set up to provide support services for independent life ...
February 15, 2006
Life Settlements Buoy NFPSales of nontraditional products and services helped National Financial Partners Corp. profits during the fourth quarter of 2005.NFP, New York, a financial services distribution company, ...
February 15, 2006
N.Y. Life Posts Korean Web SiteA large insurer is speaking a new language on the Internet.New York Life Insurance Company, New York, has added a Web site aimed at U.S. ...
February 14, 2006
Fort Dearborn To Market To Swiss Life CustomersA European insurer will be working with an Illinois insurer.The Swiss Life Network, an arm of the Swiss Life Group, Zurich, has agreed to let ...
February 14, 2006
Accounting Software Firms Team UpFinancial Software Innovation Inc. and Mitchell Humphrey & Company have agreed to work together to reach life insurers and other companies.FSI, Austin, Texas, develops software ...
February 14, 2006
SEI Executive Moves To HartfordA large insurer has a new compliance chief.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Simsbury, Conn., has hired Thomas Jones III to be vice president of securities ...
February 13, 2006
Precept Arm Updates SoftwareA West Coast benefit plan administrator has agreed to use a new system to develop Web administration tools for midsize employers.ProView, Irvine, Calif., will be ...
February 12, 2006
Rescuing Retained Earnings And Mitigating The Double TaxThousands of C corporation owners get hit every year with both corporate and ordinary income taxes because they have retained earnings. What options are there ...
February 12, 2006
Using Triple Leveraged Family Limited PartnershipsAfter years of declining use due to uncertainty about their effectiveness, family limited partnerships are regaining their position as a prominent tax planning tool. The ...