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At the height of her power, Elizabeth Holmes wasn’t exactly a girlboss. The founder and former CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos, whose fraud trial begins this week, didn’t place a ton of public emphasis on feminism or building women-centric spaces.

The SEC announced Wednesday that it has filed an action against BitConnect, an online crypto lending platform, its founder Satish Kumbhani, and its top U.S. promoter and his affiliated company, alleging that they defrauded retail investors out of $2 billion.
Social media can really help advisors grow, if used correctly.

Whether you’re on the fence about using social media to accelerate your success or you’ve started to dip your toe into the water to see if it’s warm enough to dive in, you’d likely agree social media is a powerful platform that can be leveraged for your business success.
Shutdowns costs Paramount weeks of filming of "Mission Impossible 7."

“Mission Impossible 7” has shut down seven times and Paramount filed a lawsuit Monday, claiming that its insurer did not fully pay up for its losses incurred when the cameras were silenced.
Life insurance is generally sold and not bought. How can insurers change that?

In the first six months of 2021, the total number of policies sold increased 8%, compared with prior year results. This is the highest policy sales growth recorded since 1983, according to LIMRA’s recent survey.

With pandemic mortality concerns driving high interest, there has never been a better time to sell life insurance, analysts say. But agents must keep up with significant regulation, underwriting and tax changes.

The industry faces ‘the opportunity of a lifetime,’ since COVID-19 made consumers consider their need for coverage.

If you want to market to women, you have to be someone they can trust with their financial concerns. Arwen Becker, author of She Handled It, So Can You!, tells Publisher Paul Feldman that women need advisors who will help them overcome their fear and shame around money.

Dave Buckwald lost 51 clients when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on 9/11. Twenty years later, he discusses how the experience changed the way he looks at the life insurance business and describes his biggest regret.

Regulators are prodding states to adopt best-interest annuity sales rules. The long-term implications could be huge.

Kelly Rowland is the celebrity spokesperson for 2021 Life Insurance Awareness Month.

These special monthlong campaigns are reminders that we can help our clients meet all their insurance and financial planning needs.