Individual and small-group health plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act’s coverage rule will be allowed to remain in effect for another year.
Employees want more benefits’ choices, but a vacuum exists in educating them about the possibilities, a new study finds. That’s where benefits advisors can play a role.
Breakaway advisors are an endorsement of the independent distribution channel, an industry expert said.
The Office of Management and Budget could publish an ‘interim final rule’ to delay the controversial fiduciary rule. This method would enable the agency to make the delay effective before taking public comment.
The Trump administration has given health insurers an additional seven weeks to file rates for plans on the individual and small group marketplaces in 2018.
LTCi policies continue to rise due to uncertain variables, although costs for virtually identical coverage varies from one carrier to another by as much as 70 percent.
Even with a drop in fixed indexed annuities, the segment surged to a record, eclipsing variable annuities for the second year.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is an outspoken supporter of more regulation of financial services. But is she telling the whole story with her explosive claims? Our Kim O’Brien delivers a counterpoint.
Insurance companies and policyholders need to retain ample latitude and plenty of options to make changes after FIA contracts are sold to adjust to changes in the marketplace, IMO executives tell regulators.
Insurers say they will continue to offer new fee-based fixed indexed annuities for independent marketing organizations and their advisors to sell. Government regulation is spurring the growth of fee-based annuities, analysts say.
Larger plan advisors might not be taking advantage of their negotiating power, according to the study.
Allianz tells analysts it will continue to focus on fixed indexed annuity sales in the U.S. in the face of declining variable annuity sales.
Kansas judge rules for the Department of Labor in an appeal of an earlier decision upholding the agency’s controversial fiduciary rule. DOL rule opponents have lost cases in three federal courts.
Congress needs to find a way to keep people in coverage while the Affordable Care Act undergoes changes.
New labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta has an impressive record of accomplishments in the legal field. Will it help or hurt opponents of the DOL fiduciary rule?
How can employers get more millennials interested in 401(k) plans? Our Brian O’Connell talked to several experts in the retirement plan industry for five tips.
The past several months have seen a flurry of developments, enhancements and changes to variable annuity product lines.
Insurance companies hope they are at the dawn of an ideal scenario: a period of slowly rising interest rates boosted by a robust equity market.
President Donald J. Trump nominates Alexander Acosta to lead the Department of Labor. Acosta, who has undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University, becomes the first Hispanic in the cabinet.
