Panel: Closing $100M life insurance gap reliant on reaching minority groups
NASHVILLE – Many Americans would seemingly prefer to talk about politics and religion before the topic of buying life insurance….
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‘What the heck is this thing?’ Panel recalls how RILAs gave industry a jolt
NASHVILLE – Registered indexed-linked annuities are no longer just a stopgap product in response to unique economic conditions. RILA sales…
Workplace benefits distribution: 5 factors driving change
The world of work has changed in recent years, and workplace benefits retail distribution models are changing to keep up….
Door is open for life insurers to sell ‘risk prevention’ add-on services
NASHVILLE – Offering “risk prevention” services is something life insurance customers overwhelmingly want, and a strategy that the few carriers…
Insurtech: The teenage years
If we were to anthropomorphize the entire insurtech industry, we would probably say it has passed its infancy, toddler, and…
Private equity, artificial intelligence coming fast at life insurers: LIMRA CEO
The life insurance industry faces familiar challenges with talent shortages and how to meet the glaring product needs. Unlike the…
Long-term care could be most important policy you write
SAN ANTONIO — Thanks to “the most important” policy he sold in his long career, DJ Mormile is able to…
DOL fiduciary adds significant legal liability to producers, panel agrees
SAN ANTONIO — The Department of Labor fiduciary rule proposal has been picked over relentlessly by analysts and industry trade…
LIMRA panelists suggest best practices for accelerated underwriting
As modern insurance carriers strive to provide accelerated underwriting decisions to keep up with market demand and industry trends, experts…
Rebranding the underwriting experience — Can it be done?
SAN ANTONIO — If life insurers were truly serious about rebranding the underwriting experience, the pesky health exam would become…
Insurers cannot escape ‘bias testing’ going forward, speakers say
SAN ANTONIO — “Bias testing” is a phrase insurers are getting acquainted with as artificial intelligence, big data and algorithmic…
Will life insurance sales settle down after rollercoaster ride?
After a rollercoaster ride of pandemic impacts and regulatory changes, the individual life insurance market is poised to return to…
LIMRA: Annuity sales expected to keep breaking records
Annuity sales seemingly could not be better, with numbers smashing records nearly every quarter since the pandemic rebound. But LIMRA…
Life insurance gap between men and women continues to grow
The self-reported gap in life insurance ownership between men and women grew to its biggest point since the Insurance Barometer…
Panel to look at growth of RIAs, as channel grows in number, assets
The number of Registered Investment Advisors is growing faster than all sales channels in both number and assets under management,…
Distribution with scale has potential to grow industry, panel says
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The long-term impact of private equity on the distribution of insurance products to Americans who desperately need…
Wholesalers relying more on virtual communication in the past year
In the wake of the pandemic, financial firms have reevaluated their wholesaling team structures and how they interact with advisors….
Accelerated underwriting: an idea whose time has (finally) come?
Accelerated underwriting held the promise of revolutionizing the life insurance buying experience for at least a decade. That promise is,…
Education, delivery methods are keys to self-directed retirement planning
If Americans are to successfully master the transition to self-directed retirement planning, it is going to take a lot of…
