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Employers are focusing on employee retention and well-being, while keeping an eye on costs, as they develop their workplace benefits strategies.
Although more than $54 trillion in wealth is expected to transfer to widows by 2048, many women still face financial insecurity after their spouse dies.
Caregiving is the defining workplace issue of our time, costing employers billions of dollars in lost productivity every year. One in four American adults is a caregiver, and caregiving has a ripple effect on their financial situation.
Three and a half years remain until 2030, a year in which a significant demographic shift is expected to rock the U.S.
A benefits broker can become an “AI whisperer” by giving artificial intelligence tools assignments instead of asking them dumb questions.
Artificial intelligence is bringing disruption as well as opportunity, and brokers are in a race to define their role in the AI era.
Vanishing commissions and complicated rules make it challenging for advisors to survive in this market. Here’s how they continue to serve clients amid a changing environment.
Medicare Advantage didn’t exist back in the days of the wild, wild West. But agents and those who represent them often refer to that era when describing the environment in which they work today.
Telling a patient “you’re fine” when they have symptoms only means that the physician has run out of tools to figure the cause of their illness.
Health insurance brokers have been using artificial intelligence in various forms for years and didn’t realize it.
American continue to be worried about high health care costs, while an aging population means a crucial need to address long-term care.
Advisors increasingly deal with executive benefits when creating an estate plan for business executives.
Roth conversions are among the most popular retirement planning strategies, but the rules surrounding them are increasingly complex.
Worker confidence in their retirement readiness reached its lowest level since 2017, and healthcare concerns, along with a decrease in savings, are driving that decline in confidence.
U.S. insurance brokerage deal volume has increased dramatically over the past 10 years, and that increase is primarily driven by private equity investment.
The Medicare agent community is speaking out against a bill by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., that would limit broker compensation for Medicare Advantage Plans.
Caregiving is reshaping the workplace, employee benefits and long-term financial security.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not plan to eliminate Medicare brokers or limit their ability to assist people in obtaining coverage.
Cheryl D. George is on a mission to protect her clients, serve her community and spread love to the other side of the world.
The U.S. is facing a demographic shift that could lead to a retirement crisis — and an opportunity for the industry.
