Something like Star Wars that was so great can also be so frustrating. At times, indexed universal life insurance, and especially how it is positioned and sold, makes me feel the same way.

Help your client set up beneficiary designations on their annuity contract correctly to ensure their intended distribution after their death.

Several bills establishing government-run health programs already have been introduced in Congress. Would they give consumers more options or would they destabilize the market?

Those approaching retirement are facing a heavy fog of uncertainty over a volatile stock market and no sign of when normalcy will return.

Here’s the dirt on cleaning in an environmentally gentle way.

Agents are always looking for ways to bring new prospects into their orbits, but giving a referral to someone else can be a great way to position yourself as a valuable resource.

Choosing and establishing your niche market doesn’t limit you; it helps you achieve more success.

Industry professionals predict sustainable investment choices for investors will continue to expand.

An organization’s commitment to DEI is increasingly influential in attracting and retaining talent.

Advisors and agents should focus on compliance with the Department of Labor’s investment advice rule by the end of 2021.

I met someone who knew Ben Feldman. It wasn’t the first time, but each time it happens I have to know everything about Feldman. Was he really the salesman of all salesmen?

What are the barriers keeping women from entering and staying in the financial services industry? One industry leader shares her experiences in identifying roadblocks and knocking them down.

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.