The Future of Retirement Planning
An interview with Joseph F. Coughlin. In this interview with InsuranceNewsNet Publisher Paul Feldman, Coughlin describes how the agent of
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If you are under the suitability standard, you are hazardous to your client’s financial health.
Devices such as Apple Watch and Fitbit are becoming a part of more Americans’ lifestyles. Insurance carriers are taking notice.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking insurance companies for a list of their incentives, which she says constitute a conflict of interest…
The Senate Banking Committee has a hearing on fears in the insurance industry of international influence on regulation…
U.S. life insurers reported that they began the year well-capitalized with strong balance sheets resulting from favorable equity and credit markets throughout 2014…
The labor secretary says 75 days, followed by a hearing and another comment period is enough…
The so-called “guardrail” that limits the expected yield that can be illustrated for index universal life (IUL) insurance prospects is among the factors that will be affected by proposed new rules governing IUL illustrations…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) wants to simplify its communication with the public by eliminating certain filing requirements…
A report found areas of noncompliance dealing with the purchase of variable annuities by senior investors…
New Fiduciary Rule Could Cover Insurance Agents
“The fiduciary can be a broker, registered investment advisor, insurance agent, or other type of advisor.”…
The next task would be for the board to develop membership standards for the organization…
MetLife said Bill Wheeler, president of the Americas since 2011, will retire in August to pursue “other interests.”…
The annual Cost of Care Study found that the cost of providing service in the home has grown less across the board over the past five years than services provided in either an assisted living facility or in a nursing home…
A report alleges that the BrokerCheck system of “red flag” information about problem brokers withholds detailed data available through many state securities agencies…
State securities regulators hope to release in September a model fee disclosure chart aimed at providing data to investors in a clear and easy-to-read format…
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True Stories: How I Cracked the Big Case
The big case, individual life insurance market can be elusive. Top advisors provide the clues to follow in cracking this segment.
Even though 2014 annuity sales were up, the retirement industry still has work to do before more consumers understand annuities.
Extreme Grit: The Science of Top Performance
An interview with Paul Stoltz Science has tried for hundreds of years to figure out the magic formula for success.
