Agents selling Ameritas Life Insurance’s new term life insurance product can expect more commission options as the company seeks to meet agents’ desires for more flexibility.
Long-term care insurance policy premiums are stabilizing for many as the industry is finding better pricing methods. Still, few insurers are offering LTCi products, a new survey finds.
In another move toward dismantling the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Labor announced a proposed rule to expand the offering of small business health plans, also known as association health plans.
What the move to greater regulatory oversight by the states could mean for annuity sales.
Many wealthy people turn to collectibles and often fail to insure the valuables, or even determine how much they are worth, a new report states. Such collectibles are often bought with emotion and frequently make for bad investments.
The insurance risk landscape is changing — and third-party administrators (TPAs) with an eye to the future must make evaluating risk management practices a top priority.
AIG is marketing the first fixed annuity with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) offered in New York State. The product comes as the harshest aspects of the Department of Labor fiduciary rule remain in limbo.
About 42 percent of advised retail assets were invested under a fiduciary standard at the end of 2016, a new report found. That shift to fiduciary is growing as brokerage firms move clients into fee-based accounts and investors expect a fiduciary obligation.
Forecasters and pundits released their crystal balls and offered glimpses of what life and annuity advisors can expect when it comes to product development, distribution and insurance company performance.
The Department of Labor fiduciary rule dominated our most-read stories of 2017. We look at the five most popular, all of which dealt with delaying or repealing the rule.
The SEC was busy this year, with several high-profile scams carried out by a small minority of questionable advisors. Losses in these cases run into the hundreds of billions.
Top 5 Stories of 2017: Politics
We take a look back at our most-read political stories of 2017. The list includes everything from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to Dodd-Frank to President Donald J. Trump’s views on regulation.
Cultivating relationships with advisors will play a vital role in the growth of exchange-traded funds, a report found.
New York is bidding to become the second state, after Nevada, to adopt a state-based best interest standard for the sale of life insurance and annuities. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York is tired of waiting for the Department of Labor fiduciary rule to take effect.
Our most-read stories were those showing advisors what clients want and need, and how to help them reach their financial goals.
Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and issues related to health care reform dominated the national news in 2017, InsuranceNewsNet readers were more interested in learning about other topics relating to health insurance during the past year.
Athene Seen As Big Winner In Voya Transaction
Athene, a top writer of indexed annuities, will emerge a big winner following Voya Financial’s decision to separate itself from its closed block of variable annuities and its portfolio of individual fixed and fixed indexed annuities, market analysts said.
Annuities suffered through plenty of ups and downs in 2017, nearly all related to regulation. We recap our top five most popular stories from the year.
Indexed universal life (IUL) insurance dominated life insurance sales through the first nine months of 2017. IUL sales were boosted by a host of new products and features.
