HOLLYWOOD, Fla. –The Department of Labor’s latest attempt at an industrywide fiduciary standard is dominating conversation here at the 42nd…
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NAILBA
HOLLYWOOD, Fla – Rick Van Benschoten helped found Lenox Advisors in 1995 with two friends and partners. By the time…
LIMRA
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…
Adding agents of color can help close the life insurance gap, panel agrees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. population grows ever more multicultural, New York Life is growing along with it. The…
‘Gates have opened’ for in-plan annuities, LIMRA Research Director says
Legislative changes, product development and an enthusiastic industry are opening the gates to annuity products inside retirement plans. Still, analysts…
LIMRA members confront ‘overwhelming’ change, CEO says
The LIMRA 2023 Annual Conference sold out long before the doors opened at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center…
Carriers plan to increase their investments in AI over the next five years
Life and annuity carriers are on a journey to move from modernizing their legacy technology systems toward a greater investment…
Are financial services’ employees ever working from the office again?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thirteen percent of employees are full-time remote, according to Forbes, while another 28% work some form of…
NABIP
(Washington, DC) – Following an extensive national search, Jessica Brooks-Woods, MPM, PHR, has been appointed as the incoming CEO of…
Seven ways benefits brokers can wow clients beyond open enrollment
Any benefits broker can impress their clients when it’s time for open enrollment. But it’s what that broker does beyond…
Mental health benefits become a ‘must have’ in the workplace
Mental health benefits are no longer a “nice-to-have” workplace benefit but have become a “really big, must-have pain point, especially…
Clarifying Medicare Advantage marketing rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been cracking down on Medicare Advantage marketing, leaving Medicare agents subject to…
Making long-term disability insurance a priority for employers, workers
Benefits brokers spend only a few minutes a year discussing long-term disability insurance with their employer clients, and that means…
LIMRA
SALT LAKE CITY – When interest rates rose, it meant good news for insurers holding books of long-term care insurance…
SALT LAKE CITY – Inflation and rising interest rates. Regulatory pressure and market volatility. These unique economic conditions might force…
SALT LAKE CITY – The advisor’s office is where annuity sellers have longed to find acceptance, only to be repeatedly…
SALT LAKE CITY – The shine might be off registered indexed-linked annuities (RILAs) now that interest rates are climbing higher…
