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Iván Watanabe serves an array of clients from the Latino market, each of whom has unique financial needs.
Cigna and Humana are rumored to be in talks to merge after reports earlier this month that Cigna was exploring a sale of its Medicare Advantage business.
Health care cost increases are driven by inflation, increased usage and prescription drug costs.
Wellness has six dimensions and we must pay attention to all of them if we are to attain focus.
DEI is attracting greater attention from the actuarial profession, with several associations aiming to diversity its ranks.
A proposed federal rule that would impact Medicare Advantage compensation for Medicare agents and brokers has drawn ire from an agents association.
Behavioral health care access has three main challenges, a conference panelist said.
The American College sponsored a recent webinar in which experts on financial technology and policy discussed how artificial intelligence could influence financial services.
Life insurance with guaranteed issue long-term care rider can be an option as a workplace benefit.
Mitigating Medicare coverage gaps can keep your clients out of what Chelan Jackson called “skilled care purgatory.”
Short-term care insurance “can resurrect the sale” when a client is unable to obtain long-term care insurance.
Medicaid-compliant annuity is a single-premium immediate annuity that meets Medicaid requirements.
Having too many long-term care options can prove daunting for advisors and clients. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Employers are showing greater concern over their workers’ financial well-being as well as their workers’ ability to afford health care..
Cash value life insurance is a “tax me never” asset for clients in retirement, two insurance company executives said at a recent industry event.
Branding is a feeling and not a logo, advisors were told at a recent conference.
Rith Nou wants to help people of all cultural backgrounds understand the importance of life insurance as the foundation of creating financial security.
Indexed universal life insurance makes sense for a client if it helps people accomplish their financial goals, not if it replaces their financial goals.
Persuasion is a skill that helps you present your ideas in such a way that someone wants to take action.
Health care spending is unsustainable and policymakers must take action, a panel said this week.
