Just because your clients have health insurance doesn’t mean they are invulnerable to bankruptcy because of a medical crisis, said…
Conference Coverage
HAFA Annual Agent Summit 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. – In the minutes leading up to his presentation at the Health Agents for America Agent Summit, Michael…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Stabilizing the individual health insurance marketplace and making it easier for consumers to enroll in coverage are…
ORLANDO, Fla. — What separates the average advisor from the champion advisor? It’s optimism, according to a clinical psychologist who…
HAFA Annual Agent Summit 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. – Health Agents for America meet for their fifth annual Agent Summit this week, and it couldn’t come…
ORLANDO, Fla. – As the health insurance market has changed in recent years, the health insurance broker’s business model has…
Olympian Ruben Gonzalez encouraged NAHU members to take chances and don’t fear failure during a weekend conference in Orlando, Fla….
NAHU
ORLANDO, Fla. – Every year, millions of Americans reach the age of 65, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they clock…
Group health insurance clients and their employees are worried about political change, especially where there benefits are concerned. That worry…
The Affordable Care Act will be debated long into the future. But what can’t be debated is how the law…
An $11 bill issued by a hospital for a “mucus recovery system” (otherwise known as a box of tissues) is…
NAHU
ORLANDO, Fla. – Trying to reform the nation’s health care system is like trying to slay a three-headed dragon. That’s…
LIMRA 2017 Retirement Conference
The high cost of retirement and its effect on those who are planning for this big lifetime milestone was the…
ORLANDO — For many Americans, retirement will be expensive due to a perfect storm of sorts. Those storm clouds include…
ORLANDO — Compensation changes have long been anticipated since the Department of Labor released its controversial draft fiduciary rule in…
ORLANDO — Improving access to lifetime income options is key to solving the retirement crisis. There are other things that…
The Department of Labor fiduciary rule and the current administration’s effect on the financial services industry were the two main…
ORLANDO — While the rollover market is facing regulation pressure and other hurdles during a difficult transition period, business will…
ORLANDO — Predictive analytics won’t close sales, but the tool can identify the pool of strongest potential buyers. In other…
ORLANDO — The financial services industry should “flourish under this administration,” Beltway pundit Andrew Friedman said this morning. Friedman, who…
The 2017 Retirement Industry Conference began this afternoon with the theme, “Moving Forward in a New World.” Among the topics…
ORLANDO — When it comes to insurance product development under a Department of Labor fiduciary rule, the story is important….
LIMRA 2017 Life Insurance Conference
The Trump effect on the financial services industry was discussed by Tom Crawford, senior managing director for strategic communications for…
ORLANDO — Of the many ideas to boost life insurance ownership, a streamlined approval process is probably the quickest and…
ORLANDO — Fifty-one percent of consumers buy life insurance around a major life event — marriage, childbirth, home purchase. Yet,…
ORLANDO — Computers and technology are slowly morphing into artificial intelligence that is improving lives, said Lisa Woodley, vice president…
ORLANDO — The financial services industry needs to change its narrative in order to get a better seat at the…
Ron Insana, CNBC senior analyst and financial industry expert, gave a rundown on the Trump administration’s impact on Wall Street…
There’s good news and bad news for agents in LIMRA’s annual study of customer behaviors toward life insurance. The good…
ORLANDO — Change is inevitable, as the old saying goes. But the life insurance market has not accomplished meaningful change…
ORLANDO — Nine out of 10 millennials think owning life insurance is important, according to new research by LIMRA. Seven…
ORLANDO — Could the future of life insurance hinge on selling grandparents policies allowing them to take money out to…
“Strategic Responses to Change” is the theme of the 2017 Life Insurance Conference that kicks off today in Orlando, Fla….
ORLANDO — Carriers are exploring simplified underwriting in greater frequency, according to a new LIMRA study. But simplified underwriting shouldn’t…
IRI
CHICAGO — Tech companies such as Google and Amazon have transformed the way Americans receive goods and services. Could insurance…
IRI Marketing Summit 2017
CHICAGO — Technology, trust and communication are three important components that will help companies successfully innovate in the coming years,…
Brexit, Aleppo, North Korea, Washington, D.C. — all are making the kind of headlines nobody wants to see. Yet Kevin…
Of course, the DOL rule grabbed the spotlight at the Insured Retirement Institute’s Marketing Conference, but another large issue deserves…
CHICAGO — The financial services industry is not doing itself any favors by failing to comment on the latest Department…
CHICAGO — The Department of Labor fiduciary rule was the obvious big topic in the room at the Insured Retirement…
CHICAGO — Advisors are wandering the valley of uncertainty between the fiduciary issue, Department of Labor and beyond, and the…
LIMRA Distribution Conference 2017
The digital age is in the midst of a “third wave” in which the customer experience is at the center….
The Department of Labor fiduciary rule will usher in a new era in which product sales will be secondary to…
Consumers expect their financial professionals to practice what they preach, and that expectation extends to succession planning. Laura Murach, LIMRA…
The 2017 LIMRA Distribution Conference wraps up today, but not before a final morning of sessions. The past 24 hours…
When it comes to serving Generation Y, or the millennials, a number of myths abound. One of the most prevalent…
Once upon a time, the insurance industry – along with many other institutions – lived in a place called Happy…
Life insurance sales are not down because of a lack of sales effort; they are down because the industry needs…
What will happen to the U.S. economy now that we’re into a new administration? Todd Buchholz, author and former White…
LIMRA’s 2017 Distribution Conference got out of the gates strong Wednesday with a presentation by Betsy Hubbard, founder of Mindset…
As the digital world continues to evolve, it’s no longer enough to use apps, websites and social media to sell…
Excitement is building for the 2017 LIMRA Distribution Conference, which starts today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A sampling of tweets…
The life insurance industry stands out in its ability to get close to its customers. But it’s the insurance advisor…
NAILBA Annual Meeting 2016
DALLAS — Joe Jordan has been in the insurance business for more than 40 years and hasn’t lost a bit…
DALLAS — Focusing more on developing a family-first atmosphere is one approach the financial services industry can take to attract…
Aaron Bartlett with tips on how financial services companies can attract millennial employees. #NAILBA35 pic.twitter.com/NxHL2cyMJF — InsuranceNewsNet (@InsNewsNet) November 18,…
DALLAS — The financial services industry would do well to keep advocating against the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, even…
Chris Morton preaches patience while transitioning to life under the #fiduciaryrule #NAILBA35 pic.twitter.com/l1GNJ4wwIg — InsuranceNewsNet (@InsNewsNet) November 18, 2016 Dawn…
Technology means clients have more options to seek financial advice and products. But it can also work in the traditional…
DALLAS — One of these years, Congress will come together on tax reform and actually pass some things. Joe Ross,…
