Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
-
Follow EBA staff on Twitter and Facebook from our annual summit in Dallas and be sure to check our inBrief for stories from the exciting event.
September 23 -
In today's BeAdvised, Andy Torelli talks about how he treats his strategic partners. Is it a good idea to view them as partners or providers?
September 22 -
One of Mark Lacher's clients introduced him as "the firm that does all our insurance and a million other things for us." Is that how clients see your relationship too? Read in today's BeAdvised as Lacher shares three inter-related areas that he believes has to become the units of measurement going forward.
September 20 -
With knowledge comes responsibility and when we ask for transparency that's exactly what we get ... more responsibility. In health care being reponsible means two things, read about those in today's BeAdvised.
September 19 -
Whaddaya know? All this time, I thought it was just retirement plan participants who didn’t understand the fees they were paying. Turns out, according to a recent Spectrem Group study, plan sponsors don’t understand plan fees all that well either — only 45% of plan sponsors fully understand their retirement plan fees, according to the report that evaluated some 600 plan sponsors with assets under management of $10 million to $200 million.
September 15 -
The need for additional Life Insurance for today’s working Americans is compelling. Consider the following from the front cover of USA Today on Dec. 3, 2010: “Millions of Families Missing Safety Net.” “The percentage of U.S. households with Life Insurance is at its lowest in 50 years.” “Only 44% of households have an individual life insurance policy.”
September 13 -
Well, its been quite an interesting renewal/marketing season already, hasnt it? Trend factors are lower than theyve been in years. Some carriers are out there offering premium holidays for new clients who sign up before January 1. And whens the last time you saw a carrier offer a double-digit rate decrease right out of the chute?
September 12 -
One of the first (and most popular) changes brought on by health care reform was the mandatory extension of health plan eligibility to adult children up to age 26 regardless of student status or dependence upon the employee. Most people predicted that the rate of ineligible dependents would decrease after this provision took effect. Based upon a study my firm recently completed, comparing similar populations before and after the implementation of this provision, we can
September 8 -
When I say Bernie Madoff, what do you say? Without more than a second, you might generate sinister synonyms such as thief, crook, con-man, or man with no ethics. The list could go on and on. And as we all know, the sad fact is that the damage Madoff inflicted was not just monetary. He also crushed the publics opinion of the advisery community. Those of us in his wake have been given the task of
September 6 -
In part two of a two-part blog series Robert Winslow, principal of Elm Street Partners, continues his blog about some of the opportunity that the new health care legislation has brought apart. Supplemental Coverages. PPACA accelerates a market change that has been evolving for some time, one that sees real business growth from supplemental coverages versus the base health plan. Supplemental products have come a long way in recent years, both by voluntary carriers and
September 1