WAYNE, Penn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hartford Funds today released new data indicating that more than half of investors (52%) agree that men and…
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Dean L. Cameron, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has become president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners…
Rona Guymon has been selected to lead annuity distribution for Nationwide, the insurer announced in a news release. In this…
January 25, 2022, BOSTON—Registered index-linked annuities (RILAs), including those that are built on variable and fixed annuity contracts, reached $39 billion…
Athene USA, a leading provider of retirement savings products, announced the launch of Athene® Amplify 2.0, a registered index-linked annuity…
RADNOR, Pa., January 24, 2022 – Lincoln Financial Group launched the next generation of Lincoln AssetEdge, an accumulation-focused Variable Universal…
AIG Life & Retirement, a leading provider of annuities, today announced the launch of Advanced Outcomes AnnuitySM. This new annuity…
Former insurance agent Blanca Lidia Guzman, 40, of Palmdale, was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week on…
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon placed financially troubled homeowners insurance company Americas Insurance Company into receivership last week in the…
TIAA for the first time is offering its guaranteed lifetime income solutions to the corporate retirement market through the TIAA…
NEW YORK, January 20, 2022 – TIAA for the first time is offering its guaranteed lifetime income solutions to the…
By Katherine Hempstead, senior policy advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Enrollment in the ACA marketplace has risen to record levels, with…
AUSTIN, TX – January 20, 2022 – Lion Street announced today that it had completed a study on the U.S….
Tammy Felicia Flythe, 42, was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.
HARTFORD, CT – January 19, 2022—The interest of U.S. insurance companies in incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) factors into…
U.S. Life Insurance Activity Closes 2021 With Solid Growth, MIB Reports
Life insurance growth was driven by consumers between the ages of 31 and 50, and by consumers age 71 and older.
New York, January 18, 2022: Cyber perils are the biggest concern for companies globally in 2022, according to the Allianz…
Medicare Beneficiaries Face Increased Out-Of-Pocket Costs, EBRI Says
A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that health savings targets for a retiring 65-year-old increased between three and eight percent in 2021 relative to the targets for a 65-year-old retiring in 2020.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) did not cause small employers to stop offering health coverage, a new analysis shows. The…
CINCINNATI – Jan. 12, 2022 – Western & Southern Financial Group has completed the acquisition of Fabric Technologies Inc. and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies announced that John Gilbert, President at The National Benefit Corp….
Transamerica announced the availability of a new packaged solution explicitly designed for small companies seeking to start a new workplace…
Washington, D.C., January 6, 2022 – Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards announced that Kamila Elliott, CFP® has assumed the…
Duluth, GA, Jan. 4, 2022 – Primerica, a leading provider of financial services to families throughout the United States and…
SUMMIT, N.J., Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Specialty Program Group, LLC (SPG), a leading operator of specialty insurance brokerage firms and underwriting facilities, announced…
MINNEAPOLIS — Jan. 3, 2022 — Allianz Investment Management launched a new buffered outcome ETF with a six-month outcome period: the…
DENVER (January 4, 2022) – Dennis J. Moore, MBA, CFP, officially became the 2022 President of the Financial Planning Association…
The nation’s long-term care insurers paid out $12.3 billion in claims during 2021. That represents a significant increase over prior…
On the heels of a $1.2 billion minority equity investment and just in time for the holidays, Integrity Marketing Group,…
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors announced Robelynn H. Abadie, CAP™, CHRS, LUTCF, CSA, RFC, RDA™, Founder and Owner…
Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride today announced that more than 285,000 New Jerseyans are signed up for…
WINDSOR, Conn. Dec. 16, 2021—New annualized premium for workplace life insurance, disability insurance and supplemental health products increased significantly in…
A Louisiana licensed insurer plans to acquire all policies from Access Home Insurance Co. and State National Fire Insurance Co.,…
Black millennial families are falling the furthest behind prior generations, according to a study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Moody’s 2022 outlook for U.S. health insurers is stable with mixed enrollment trends and lower COVID-19 impact. Credit themes for…
San Diego, Calif. – During today’s National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Property and Casualty Insurance “C” Committee meeting, the…
CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Over the past two years, the global pandemic accelerated consumer acceptance of digitization…
Fitch Ratings-New York/Chicago-15 December 2021: U.S. property/casualty insurers have modestly increased allocations to higher yielding alternative investments as they continue…
LANSING, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Jackson Financial Inc. today announced that Scott Romine has been appointed President of Jackson National Life Distributors LLC (JNLD),…
3Q Life Sales Down, But Still On Upswing Compared With 2020
Indexed life sales will set a record this year, predicted Sheryl J. Moore, CEO of Wink Inc. and Moore Market Intelligence.
ARLINGTON, VA, December 8, 2021 — U.S. commercial insurance prices grew again in the third quarter of 2021, according to…
Fitch Ratings-Chicago-06 December 2021: U.S. property/casualty insurers are poised to generate statutory underwriting profits and steady earnings next year, despite…
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sent a letter today to 136 insurers requesting specific information about consumers’ premiums after they…
Life Insurers Paid Record Amounts To Beneficiaries In 2020
Life insurance companies paid more than $90 billion to beneficiaries in 2020 – the largest year-to-year increase since the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Columbus, OH—December 7, 2021—Debate around the current presidential administration’s proposed reconciliation package has investors, particularly those of high income, bracing…
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Ameritas, in partnership with national law firm BakerHostetler, will host “The Build Back Better Plan: Impact on…
Columbus, OH – With interest rates remaining near historic lows, supply chain and workforce challenges driving continued market uncertainty and inflation…
The 2022 outlook for the U.S. life insurance sector is stable, reflecting the ongoing, although slower pace of recovery for the economy, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report.
Manasquan, NJ: – During the recently concluded 2021 National Council of Insurance Legislators Annual National Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ, NCOIL adopted…
Tanya A. Schettler, 48, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was recently charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting…
WINDSOR, Conn., Nov. 30, 2021 — U.S. single premium buy-out sales totaled $15.8 billion in the third quarter, up 243% from third…
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Equitable announced an innovative registered index-linked annuity that combines lifetime income options with some protection from equity market volatility….
PCF Insurance Services, a leading national insurance brokerage, announced today that its management team has gifted $8.2 million to be…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recent study questions a decades-old rule of thumb for safely withdrawing funds from retirement accounts at…
Americans Want To Diversify Portfolios Amid Growing Financial Worries
Insights from MDRT survey find prime opportunity for financial advisors to help consumers build their financial knowledge.
WASHINGTON – November 18, 2021 – A new report based on the annual “Workplace Wellness Survey” (WWS), conducted by the…
Des Moines, Iowa – November 17, 2021 – Nearly three quarters of American investors (73%) are very or somewhat worried…
NEW YORK, N.Y., November 16, 2021 – The Great Resignation has companies of all sizes scrambling to attract and retain talent,…
ARLINGTON, VA, November 16, 2021 — North American commercial insurance prices are expected to soften gradually, bringing a welcome deceleration…
Non-Medical Benefits To Grow 20% By 2026, LIMRA And EY Predict
There is a growing employee appreciation for non-medical benefits such as paid family medical leave, life insurance, disability insurance and wellness programs.
