The last time revolving credit balances were over $1 trillion was in April 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed consumer spending.

Insurance producers accounted for nearly 42,000 fines in 2020, while 1,275 licenses were suspended and another 1,468 licenses were revoked.

A new lawsuit was filed Tuesday by a group of prominent Chicago restaurant owners. The group is suing insurers in state court, claiming that government pandemic restrictions caused the physical damage required to trigger coverage under their policies.

According to a new survey from the New York Federal Reserve, 50.1% of respondents expect to keep working past the age of 62. That’s an almost 2% decline from the year before.

In April 2020, as Americans were receiving their first relief checks and many businesses shuttered their doors to the public, the saving rate hit an all-time high of 33.7%. It peaked again in March 2021, as the latest round of relief payments were received. As of June, it was 9.4%.

Three former National Football League players have pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide scheme to defraud a health care benefit program for retired NFL players.

According to the insurance industry research and analytics group LIMRA, life insurance policies were sold during the first quarter of the year at a pace unmatched in decades.

Crafting your client base can be a daunting task, but simplifying it to a system that’s easy to digest will streamline your search process. The “ABC” system that I use is interlinked, as each component depends on, and thrives off one another.

Life insurance agents now can offer their existing clients a product that allows policy owners to keep their policies while eliminating their out-of-pocket premium payments.

There is no getting around it; to succeed, you must prospect consistently and comfortably.  When you are ready to make your appointment setting calls, does your heart rate speed up, does your mouth goes dry, and do you think, “I hate prospecting”?