Recent merger and acquisition momentum is likely to continue, putting this year on pace to be the ninth consecutive record-breaking M&A year, according to a report from Echelon Partners.

By guiding your customers through their digital journey, you can build your customers’ confidence in their purchasing decision.

Can government have a role in health care and still preserve the advisor? One insurance professional shares his ideas.

The wealthy are leaping far ahead of lower-income groups’ long-term goals. The survey found that the majority of affluent Americans are prioritizing many traditional milestones in life, such as buying a house.

The cannabis industry is growing rapidly, but getting the necessary insurance coverage for this business can be tricky, thanks to a slew of complicated regulations.

Millennials are clearly bucking the “slacker” perception, with 81% saying that they have a plan to protect themselves against outliving their savings, while 71% have a strategy to protect their assets against market risk.

A customer-centric claims process is exactly as it sounds: a claims experience that puts the customer at the center of the process.

The 12 European clubs planning to start a breakaway Super League have told the leaders of FIFA and UEFA that they have begun legal action aimed at fending off threats to block the competition.

The COVID-19 pandemic slammed long-term care in 2020 but not so much long-term care insurance, at least early in the pandemic.

As COVID-19 travel restrictions ease, the future of association events will be a combination of in-person and virtual, said Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr., president and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

The recent runaway success of registered index-linked annuities, also known as buffered or structured annuities, has inspired insurance companies to consider extending the model to other products.

The U.S. life insurance industry recorded its largest year-over-year increase in direct and net death benefits in at least 24 years as excess mortality due to COVID-19 triggered an unusual volume of claims during 2020, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported.

The MIB Life Index reported first-quarter life insurance application activity showed its highest year-over-year, year-to-date and quarter-over-quarter growth since before 2018.

Among group life claimants, mortality rates were up 14% between January and April 2020, said Steve Rulis, vice president and group actuary with Munich Re, with mortality rates spiking during the months of April, November and December.

The Department of Labor’s newest guidance on its investment advice rule’s exemption emphasizes that the rule does not extend a private right to sue and other conditions that rankled the industry with the Obama administration’s fiduciary rule.