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INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- Financial professionals can help tomorrow’s retirees achieve financial security
- Big, Beautiful Tax Changes
- Social Security at a Crossroads
- Principal vision — With Deanna Strable
- Planning in the key of life — with Preston Cherry
- How agentic AI is rewiring insurance for 2026
SPECIAL FEATURE
Advocates warn of ‘significant time bomb’ with healthcare barriers
Advocates urged regulators Monday to focus efforts on health care coverage access during the National Association of Insurance C.. Read More
From The Field
Affordability pressures are reshaping pricing, products and strategy for 2026
As the U.S. insurance industry flips the calendar to 2026, affordability has shifted from a rising concern over sky-high costs to a defining industry challenge.
A new era of advisor support for caregiving
Caregiving is shaping families in a powerful way.
How OBBBA is a once-in-a-career window
Here is what this bill actually means for your prospects and how you — the advisor —can move the money to where it does the most good.
ADVISOR NEWS
Flexibility is the future of employee financial wellness benefits
SECURE 2.0 introduced innovative provisions that allow plan sponsors to tailor benefits to meet diverse employee needs.
- RICKETTS RECAPS 2025, A YEAR OF DELIVERING WINS FOR NEBRASKANS
- 5 things I wish I knew before leaving my broker-dealer
- Global economic growth will moderate as the labor force shrinks
- Estate planning during the great wealth transfer
- Main Street families need trusted financial guidance to navigate the new Trump Accounts
NEWSWIRES
Researchers from New York Medical College Detail Findings in Insurance (Delivering health insurance coverage for babies: A primer on Medicaid for perinatal care providers): Insurance
2025 DEC 23– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Researchers detail new data in Insurance. According to news originating from Valhalla, New York, by NewsRx editors, the research stated,“ Perinatal health outcomes directly relate to insurance coverage. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from New York Medical…
Annuity News
Product understanding will drive the future of insurance
As product sales continue to be sold through independent channels, carriers are increasingly reliant on distributors to push a ... Read More
Life Insurance News
The 2025-2026 risk agenda for insurers
The insurance regulatory and risk landscape was demanding in 2025 — and all signs point to 2026 being even more complex. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Aetna to cover IVF treatments for same-sex couples in national settlementAetna to cover IVF treatments for same-sex couples in national settlementA federal judge in California has approved a preliminary agreement for a class action lawsuit that requires Aetna to cover fertility treatments for same-sex couples the same as they do with heterosexual couples
Like many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers... Read More
Why even unsubsidized Californians could pay more for health insurance
Since Congress allowed enhanced federal health insurance subsidies to expire, you might expect only people who receive those su... Read More
The crisis isn’t coming – it’s here
If Congress allows this to happen— and given the Senate's refusal to act this week, the danger is very real that it will— ... Read More
Will Floridians lose health insurance in the new year? What to know
Will Floridians relying on the ACA go without health insurance in 2026? It will be more expensive if they didn't opt for n... Read More
Do you job, Morgan Stanley warns investors of negative job growth
Do you job, Morgan Stanley warns investors of negative job growth Morgan Stanley told investors in a note that recent comments ... Read More
Health care, OU essay grade debate: See Oklahomans' December opinions
Oklahomans had a lot of opinions to share in December. Here are a few that were shared with us. Read More
Property and Casualty News
Citizens Insurance plans to cut premiums next year. Will that lead to fewer takeouts?
Now that state-owned Citizens Property and Casualty Insurance Corp. is seeking to reduce premiums in South Florida and other pa... Read More
‘Adaptive’ wildfire insurance approach needed
Calling rising wildfire insurance rates an“ urgent challenge,” a Headwaters Economics and Columbia Climate School report releas... Read More
Allstate plans to hike Illinois homeowners insurance rates
The Northbrook- based company had also made a regulatory filing in January to increase homeowners insurance rates in Illinois b... Read More
Insurance & Financial Fraud
SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Principals of Subprime Automobile Finance Company Charged With Fraud
On December 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained final judgment against James R. Collins and Robert F. DiMe... Read More
Wisconsin releases enforcement actions for November
The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recently released a list of administrative actions for November. The acti... Read More
Alleged Epstein survivor sues Charlotte-based Bank of America for sex trafficking
An alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is suing Charlotte- based Bank of America and another bank in New Y... Read More
