Yahoo! has listed on its website the “hottest jobs” and those that may experience shortages in the next few years, and financial planners are on the list.

You’ve seen it in the news. A crane falls causing bodily injury and property damage; a tool is dropped from a construction site scaffold, and the injured party receives a ...  Read →  Read Story

Could Republicans actually side with Ted Kennedy in the “public health insurance option” debate? I wrote months ago on this blog that I would be willing to bet the house ...  Read →  Read Story

Pennsylvania governor signs four health care reform bills into law

With the four strokes of his pen, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took action on four health care reforms in the state, including the expansion of COBRA health and increasing the ...  Read →  Read Story

Small business owners relying on retirement plan advice

Small business owners rely on their financial service professional to help them offer a legal retirement plan, a new survey finds.

Nationwide Financial Services found in a survey of self-described small ...  Read →  Read Story

The New York Insurance Department has approved an application by Empire BlueCross BlueShield to offer life and disability products.

The products, available through the New York-based affiliate, Anthem Life & Disability ...  Read →  Read Story

Bankers Independent Insurance Co. paid a $26,000 fine and agreed to return money to 98 of its policyholders after Virginia regulators found violations of its laws during a routine market ...  Read →  Read Story

Md. Circuit Court recalculates MIA’s premium finance ruling

The Maryland Insurance Administration is asking a circuit court judge to reconsider his ruling that an impartial party determine whether nine premium finance companies are violating state law.

The outcome of ...  Read →  Read Story

Three states approve New Jersey life settlement firm

A Woodcliff Lake, N.J.-based life settlement firm has been approved to buy life settlement policies in three new states, giving it a total of 39 states in which it can ...  Read →  Read Story

Harrisonburg, Va.-based LD&B Insurance Agency was named a “Home Elite” agency by Erie Insurance.

The Home Elite recognition is part of an agent award program that recognizes the efforts of agencies ...  Read →  Read Story