The idea of a retirement spent puttering around the house and the golf course has become an outdated notion. Retirement today is about helping your clients stop doing what they have to do and start doing what they want to do.

While chaos is rarely good, one market that should benefit is the annuity marketplace, experts say. Specifically, indexed annuities, which thrive on offering stability when the financial landscape is most unstable.

Many popular indexes supporting annuities and life insurance today might not work as well in a recessionary, high-inflation, rising interest rate environment, a recent industry panel agreed.

Regulators are likely to take another look at indexed life illustrations, said Sheryl Moore, president and CEO of Moore Market Intelligence. Likewise, lawsuit activity is up, targeting a variety of sales practices.

Columbus, OH – Nationwide announced the launch of enhanced legacy features to the Nationwide Defined Protection Annuity (DPA), a registered index-linked…

Many employers are thinking through their options with the goal of providing consistent benefits regardless of where workers live.

Indexed life insurance and annuity products are immensely popular. But some critics charge they are too complicated and immersed in fraud.

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Inflation has impacted many asset classes. But fixed indexed annuities can give clients confidence in the swirl of economic uncertainty.

This year, like many recent years here in the Northeast where I live, the majority of spring was relatively cool — sometimes downright cold.

Like all insurance prices, the price of disability insurance is tied to risk, and many factors can impact it.

Advisors who are new to the industry didn’t hold back when asked about their opinions of a financial services career.

Consumer trust in financial advisors could get a boost from a recent rule that permits advisors to solicit and promote client testimonials.

The industry is caught in a perfect storm of increasing claims costs and a worker shortage. What does that mean for premiums?

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Starting early and not quitting are the keys to saving up a comfortable retirement nest egg.