May 12, 2021 It’s An Iceberg Of Interest Rates, But Insurers Are Melting If low interest rates are the tip of the iceberg, at least the life insurance industry is not the Titanic…
Insurers Need To Get More ‘Hands On’ After The Sale: Pacific Life Exec April 14, 2021 Pacific Life executive Nathan Jones has never seen his office. Hired about one year ago as assistant vice president for…
What Record Mortality Rates Mean For The Life Insurance Industry April 14, 2021 The U.S. hit a sad record in 2020, with deaths reaching more than 3 million for the first time. Not…
Big Data Carries Big Potential For Insurance Discrimination, Regulators Say April 14, 2021 The growth of analytics, artificial intelligence and Big Data capabilities created a monster of sorts with many legal and ethical…
April 13, 2021 Insurers Dive Into The Digital End Of The Pool. Will It Last? Insurers were already welcoming technology and embracing ideas such as accelerated underwriting. But things move slowly in the insurance world….
April 13, 2021 Can Life Insurance Be Fun? Sure, everybody wants life insurance to be relevant and essential to American families, but could life insurance actually be fun?…
April 13, 2021 The Rise Of The Variables, Part II In Monday’s story, we looked at the many pressures on the fixed product side of the business. In today’s follow-up,…
April 12, 2021 Barometer Shows Greater Interest In Buying Life Insurance One in three consumers surveyed said COVID-19 prompted them to consider buying life insurance in the next 12 months. That…
April 12, 2021 The Rise Of The Variables, Part I The theme of 2021 and beyond might be The Rise of the Variables because of the many pressures on the…
April 12, 2021 ACLI Focused On ‘The Big Picture’ When It Comes To Regulation Industry watchers have plenty to keep their eyes on when it comes to the threat of regulation disruption. But all…
Will Agents Ever Return To The Office? February 24, 2021 Insurers are facing tough choices as the country pulls out of the COVID-19 pandemic and, hopefully, returns to some semblance…
Is This A Truce In The Distribution Demographic War? February 24, 2021 A common observation during the pandemic is that it was no place for older people, at least not in the…
Insurers ‘Coming Together’ To Tackle Diversity And Inclusion Goals February 24, 2021 The insurance industry faced a racial reckoning of sorts following the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands…
Creative Lead Generation Tool ‘Like A Dating App’ For Advisors February 23, 2021 See related stories from the LIMRA Distribution Conference for Financial Services, including Virtual Selling Might Be Here to Stay and…
Virtual Selling Might Be Here To Stay February 23, 2021 See related stories from the LIMRA Distribution Conference for Financial Services, including Hybrid Is The Future For Advisors, Says LIMRA…
Hybrid Is The Future For Advisors, Says LIMRA Researcher February 23, 2021 See related stories from the LIMRA Distribution Conference for Financial Services, including Virtual Selling Might Be Here to Stay and Creative…
Presidential Leadership In Crisis The Key To US Rebound: Kearns Goodwin October 28, 2020 After Franklin Delano Roosevelt was crippled by polio in 1921, he was told he would never walk unaided again. To…
Annuities Face Tough Headwinds, But Bright Future Overall October 28, 2020 Annuities might be down, but they are not out. In fact, the global pandemic and associated economic disruption, punctuated by…
‘It’s Up To Us:’ LIMRA Panel Debates Future Of Inclusion Efforts October 28, 2020 George Nichols was a little boy watching his mother pay the insurance man $2.68 a week. He later headed up…
Panel: Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Abound For Insurers October 27, 2020 There are enormous opportunities for insurance and financial services to harness data and artificial intelligence to create the systems of…