Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes, the person said. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.

John Hancock includes with each life insurance policy access to the Vitality program, a technology-based wellness program that rewards healthy habits. It’s a side of life insurance not often expressed — a light, even fun, and rewarding side.

With New York legalizing recreational marijuana, is it time for investors to jump in? There are still federal-level barriers that limit cannabis companies’ growth potential.

The direction is toward best-interest rules for annuity sales — a compromise between the tough fiduciary standard that registered investment advisors adhere to, and the suitability standard that regulators say is no longer sufficient.

Even with increased interest, there are 102 million uninsured and underinsured Americans who believe they need to buy life insurance or to increase their coverage. This represents 40% the adult population. The question is why don’t they buy?

Timothy Pfeifer of Pfeifer Advisory, which advises carriers on product design, said interest rates, regulations, tax policy and other factors are forcing companies to rethink their whole product lineup.

The state Senate passed Senate Bill 76, Property Insurance, by Sen. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton. The legislation addresses several issues surrounding the rising cost of property insurance in Florida, Boyd said.

Talk of pending tax increases has some advisors busy with clients who are anxious to plan now.

Diversity is more than simply bringing more people of color into an organization, Derrik Anderson, executive director of Race Matters, said during this week’s NAIFA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impact Week.

Much like those who ran to California after gold was discovered, people rushing to buy Bitcoin are unlikely to discover the breathtaking fortunes found by the pioneers who came before them.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to a 2016 state law that put new requirements on life-insurance companies to determine whether policyholders have died and to contact beneficiaries.

The life insurance industry has an opportunity to invest in underserved communities while helping remove some of the barriers to those who seek employment in the industry, executives from the American Council of Life Insurers said.

The bottom line in making your company a place where women can succeed and thrive is to ask yourself whether it is a place you would want your mother, your wife or your daughter to work.

The SEC alleges that actor Zachary Horwitz misappropriated investor funds for his personal use, including the purchase of his multi-million dollar home, trips to Las Vegas, and to pay a celebrity interior designer. Horwitz’s credits as an actor include low-budget features such as “Trespassers.”