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INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- Risk-control index innovation grows as regulators scrutinize complexity
- Keeping it simple — With Tom Bumbolow
- Nationwide marks 100 years as a modern mutual
- A Partner on Life’s Financial Journey with Leah West
- Harnessing, cultivating and profiting from centers of influence
- A perfect storm demands better planning
SPECIAL FEATURE
Transparent Medicare Advantage guidance: Putting consumers first
Medicare Advantage is growing more complex. Learn how licensed insurance agents provide clear, ethical guidance to help consumers navigate prior... Read More
From The Field
The 72-hour crisis many families face
Families don’t have much time to make decisions when a loved one faces a stay in a care facility.
Navigating client communication in a digital age
Technology clearly has a place in the client relationship, but its value depends on how thoughtfully advisors use it.
Can your advisory firm survive without you?
Founders don’t have to wait until they start thinking about retirement or see an opportunity to make a sale to start offloading responsibilities.
ADVISOR NEWS
Employers shift focus from retirement access to financial outcomes
As retirement readiness, financial stress and healthcare affordability continue to challenge employees, employers are increasingly focused on a new question: Are their financial benefits actually improving outcomes?
NEWSWIRES
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Aseguradora Suiza Salvadoreña, S.A. and Asesuisa Vida, S.A., Seguros de Personas
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B++ and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bbb+” to Aseguradora Suiza Salvadoreña, S.A. and Asesuisa Vida, S.A., Seguros de Personas. The ratings of Asesuisa and Asesuisa Vida also reflect their affiliation, since 2023, to Grupo Financiero Ficohsa, S.A., a conglomerate with operations in banking, insurance, pensions,…
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas dropping Medicare Advantage offerings
- Oregon to increase 2027 payments to care organizations for Health Plan members
- New COVID-19 Study Findings Have Been Reported from Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (Empirical Application of Missing Data Methods To Address Confounding In Health Insurance Claims-based Analyses Using Electronic Health …): Coronavirus – COVID-19
- First American Financial Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
- Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company Holdings Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
Annuity News
Insurer proposes $1.1M deal to resolve CA teachers’ annuity fee lawsuit
California public-school employees are accepting a $1.1 million settlement over what they claim are improper annuity rider fees. Read More
Life Insurance News
SoFi and Prudential Financial team up to expand access to life insurance
SoFi members can now quote and purchase Prudential's SimplyTerm life insurance through a fully digital experience in the SoFi app. Read More
Virginia orders Atlantic Coast Life to halt new business Nov. 1
Virginia became the third state to address growing concerns about Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co.'s financial health. Read More
777 Partners founder pleads guilty to $500 million fraud scheme
The case involves allegedly falsified financial records, assets pledged to multiple lenders and a separate SEC action over inve... Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Centene exiting Hawaii’s Med-QUEST program at end of year
National health insurer Centene is pulling out of Hawaii’ s Medicaid market, leaving 24,000 members in need of a new plan. For ... Read More
US DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXPAND EFFORTS TO HELP EMPLOYEES ACCESS HEALTH BENEFITS
The departments of Labor and Health and Human Services announced that representatives from several large employers with self-in... Read More
Antidote Health Expands into Texas and Georgia, Bringing Affordable Coverage and $0 Virtual Care to New ACA Shoppers
Antidote Health, an Affordable Care Act health insurer, announced today that its affiliated health plans, Antidote Health Insur... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Who Pays When a Delivery Driver Hits a Pedestrian While on the Job?
Most of the time, the driver's employer pays through its commercial auto insurance, as long as the driver was working when... Read More
New FEMA digital tools helps residents purchase flood insurance
DENTON, Texas— Coastal and flood-prone Texas residents can now purchase federal flood insurance policies online through a new d... Read More
Uncovered: How Florida’s governor and CFO candidates plan to fix your property insurance
As part of our Uncovered project exploring the impacts of the state "s 2022-23 insurance reforms, the Orlando Sentinel and... Read More
Insurtech News
Customers say Old National Bank failed to protect from fraud
A second Minnesota business owner in five weeks has sued Old National Bank, saying it should have but failed to... Read More
What AI transformation really means for insurance jobs and skills
As advances in artificial intelligence create new roles in the insurance industry and transform more traditional ones, industry... Read More
Experts say data is golden, but only if insurers know how to leverage it
When it comes to competing in the insurance market in an age of AI, data may be “golden” but the action insurers take with that... Read More
