Deloitte recently released its 2021 insurance M&A outlook, which “examines trends over the past several years and identifies key expectations and challenges for 2021 that may help insurance executives pinpoint M&A drivers and plan their strategy accordingly.”

MetLife’s 19th annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study finds more than half of workers in their 20s (51 percent), including Gen Z and young millennials, say their work-life balance is better now than before the pandemic, while only one-quarter of baby boomers say the same.

But as we hit the one-year anniversary of pandemic-related lockdowns, the lack of clarity in applying business interruption insurance persists as insurance carriers and courts apply policy considerations in strikingly differing manners. This is resulting in wildly varying outcomes for insureds.

The original will might be “safe” in a safe deposit box, but it would be inaccessible without a probate judge’s order — and what does a judge need to make that order?

The financial industry is fixated on boomers and their kids, the millennials, but the generation in between has the numbers and the dollars to warrant rapt attention, says Chip Roame of Tiburon Strategic Advisors.

Enforcement action increased on retail investment products such as variable annuities last year, according to the latest Eversheds Sutherland report. Expect more of the same in 2021.

The realization that most Americans aren’t ready for retirement has caused many states across our country to take initiative to help increase retirement plan access and savings by implementing state-run programs.

Shane Westhoelter was in his early 20s, selling life insurance policies with $5,000 and $10,000 death amounts door to door in a small town when he found his “why.”

With a new president and Democrats taking control of Congress, there’s a new focus on rules and regulation in Washington, D.C. In some cases, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are looking for new restrictions and new taxes. In others, they are building off what President Trump left behind.

Without the grace period, annuity agents and advisors in Virginia must be in compliance on May 1, which does not give enough time to get ready, IRI says.

Integrity Marketing Group today announced it is acquiring Brokers International in a blockbuster merger of industry giants.