Life insurance distribution: Bigger isn’t better unless you make it work
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- How AI Is Changing Life Insurance
- Indexed Universal Life: Tax-Free Promise or Costly Illusion?
- The triumph of daily victories — With John Nichols
- Patrick Crayton’s New Insurance Playbook
- The power of independence in the high net worth market
- Turning awareness into action during Life Insurance Awareness Month
SPECIAL FEATURE
What lower interest rates mean to annuity payouts
The rate environment has shifted, and not every product responds the same way. Read More
From The Field
The first 5 years of your career could determine the next 50
Wealth is determined by the habits you acquire during your early working years.
Time to revisit your clients’ life insurance coverage
Our value as advisors often lies in keeping an open line of communication year after year.
Boomers: You gotta fight for your right to prepare
The four questions to help form a plan for aging independently.
ADVISOR NEWS
Your client’s $3 million portfolio doesn’t tell you their insurance needs
Advisors should be thinking not about whether clients can afford a loss, but whether they want to absorb that loss.
NEWSWIRES
Reports on Managed Care Findings from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Provide New Insights (Most-favoured-nation pricing for prescription drugs in US Medicare: a cohort study): Managed Care
2026 SEP 28– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting out of Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated,“ The prices of new medicines in the USA are among the highest in the world. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Brigham…
- Researchers from Mayo Clinic Arizona Report Findings in Managed Care (Implementation of Ultra-Low-Dose CT for Renal Stone Surveillance Was Associated With Reduced Ultrasound and Radiography Use: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative): Managed Care
- Investigators at University of Wisconsin Madison Release New Data on Managed Care (Determinants of Length of Stay Variations in Post-Acute Care Within an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility): Managed Care
- Majority of Florida residents refuse to believe state's property insurance crisis is any better, says poll
- DeSantis criticizes AI’s role in rising healthcare costs
- New York Life Investment Management to Acquire Majority Ownership Stake in Invictus Capital Partners
Annuity News
What lower interest rates mean to annuity payouts
The rate environment has shifted, and not every product responds the same way. Read More
Life Insurance News
John Hancock expands protection portfolio
BOSTON -- John Hancock announced enhancements to both its Protection IUL 26 product and its term life insurance portfolio, expa... Read More
National Life adds new index options to SummitLife IUL
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- National Life Group announced that two new indexes and four new index crediting options are now available... Read More
Greg Lindberg files racketeering lawsuit against Causey, rehabilitation officials
Greg Lindberg's federal RICO lawsuit alleges improper fees and discounted asset sales by insurance regulators. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Another health insurer could end up out-of-network with LVHN
A contract dispute between Jefferson Health and Independence Blue Cross could leave patients in the Lehigh Valley paying more o... Read More
'Not worth the expense': Health-care workers dropping health insurance as even they can't afford it
Some U.S. health-care workers are now dropping health insurance coverage as costs continue to skyrocket. More medical workers w... Read More
Americans navigate 'wild West' of health insurance options after dropping Obamacare plans
When Stacy Cox, a self-employed photographer in Kanab, Utah, dropped her Obamacare health insurance plan this year, routine pre... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Jolly slams “corrupt homeowners insurance system” after news organizations’ report
David Jolly, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, announced plans Monday to crack down on property insurance companies ... Read More
Liberate Introduces AI Intercept as Consumer AI Assistants Start Shopping for Insurance
Liberate, a provider of insurance-native AI agents for property and casualty insurers, today launched AI Intercept, a capabilit... Read More
Florida shuts down The Wave Insurance after alleged $100,000 premium scheme
Regulators say The Wave Insurance targeted Destin-area businesses and collected more than $100,000. Read More
Insurtech News
AI skills in higher demand than MBAs in financial services
As artificial intelligence continues to take over the financial services industry, a new report by PwC found there is more dema... Read More
