The insurance industry charged into the diversity debate following the death of of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests.

The pandemic shifted the focus to technology and big data usage. Insurers loosened restrictions on accelerated underwriting, electronic signatures and medical exams. Will it continue?

Embracing flexibility is the key to a more productive workforce in the post-pandemic world. That was the word from Stephanie Berger, Centered Insurance Solutions, who shared the lessons her benefits brokerage firm learned after more than a year of remote working. Berger spoke at Monday’s National Association of Health Underwriter virtual annual convention.

Principal Financial Group will stop selling U.S. retail fixed annuities and consumer life insurance products and pursue sales of blocks of those assets already in force, Bloomberg reported Monday afternoon. The company will continue selling variable annuities.

This is an opportunity for us to step up to the plate and help our clients understand this issue and to provide them with solid planning and innovative products to meet this growing need.

In order to achieve greater modernization in our industry and reap the associated benefits – including reduced risk and more efficient processes – there are three areas in which we should collectively focus our efforts.

The Alliance for Lifetime Income plans a Bucket List campaign to promote enjoying senior years while annuities help pay the monthly bills.

Black and Hispanic Americans were already at a disadvantage with retirement savings. Now the pandemic disrupted their employment more than it did for whites, according to a new survey.

Researchers are studying a COVID “syndrome” that results in deaths months after the patients get over the disease, explained Paolo Bandeira Pinho, vice president and medical director of innovation for Diameter Health.

Vanessa Bryant, her children and relatives of other victims filed a settlement agreement notice Tuesday with a federal judge in Los Angeles but terms of the confidential deal weren’t disclosed.

Salary is no longer enough to keep employees. During the pandemic, 30% of workers changed jobs for better benefits.

Bitcoin and other digital asset prices are crashing now, but Bitcoin is doing what Bitcoin does.

The 1Q sales report paints a picture of an industry continuing to recover strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, structured annuity sales lead the good news, with year-over-year sales up nearly 86%.