The Indexed Linked Variable Annuity subgroup is attempting to tweak nonforfeiture rules to better fit the unique ILVA products, also known as registered indexed-linked annuities or structured annuities.

The 2022 open enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act was one of the strongest years for agents and brokers who assisted consumers in buying coverage through the health insurance marketplace.

Compensation transparency will have a bigger impact on health insurance brokers over the next few years than the Affordable Care Act did, an insurance industry veteran told members of the National Association of Health Underwriters.

The widow of a Nevada sheriff’s deputy who died of COVID-19 in October is reeling from another setback: an expected life insurance payout is not coming.

Women face a number financial planning challenges, led by an income gender gap that leads to a retirement savings gap. Add the caregiving challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and you have a population group at financial risk.

Over the next 20 years, $84 trillion is expected to transfer between generations, with Gen Xers reaping the most over the next decade or so. Advisors will need to change how they do business to get the attention of younger investors.

Preserving the employer tax exclusion topped the list of the National Association of Health Underwriters’ legislative priorities as its members visit Congress during today’s NAHU Capital Conference.

The federal government is the largest employer in the nation and offers generous retirement benefits. Advisors are finding the market ripe for financial advice.

Why the federal market is widely underserved. An interview with Publisher Paul Feldman.

Heather Zepeda was single minded in pursuit of a legal career until she discovered life insurance was her true calling.

Advisors can expect women to benefit from a broad range of education and product options due to varying life stages and ongoing changes in their financial condition.

Understanding how to build and sustain trust-based relationships is fundamental to connecting with consumers.

Some clients still don’t see the value in offering a health savings account program to their employees. Help these clients understand the FICA savings being left behind.

The right amount of life insurance is whatever amount is needed to accomplish what’s important to your client — you’re there to help them figure it out.

Interest rate hikes planned by the Federal Reserve may prove to be a massive disruption.

You may be helping clients get ready to file 2021 taxes, but now is the time for them to start thinking about the tax changes coming around the corner.

We get to decide what the post-pandemic working world will look like. We have a choice to start back up the way things were before or run a few updates in our models as we look to the future.