Life insurance distribution faces significant threats from a variety of regulatory angles, a new report states. Local, state and federal regulators are all in the picture.

A new study of insurance agents and brokers finds that the rise of email communications is the biggest change to the way business is conducted.

“I think the Series 7 independent rep model is in trouble,” a consultant said, further predicting that “I don’t think you’ll have 5,000 independent B/D firms out there two or three years from now.”

The Department of Labor is seemingly contradicting its own words with its fiduciary rule mandates. Shouldn’t Congress be leading the way on this issue?

Long-term care insurance carriers paid out 4 percent more in claim benefits to policyholders in 2015. Analysts say increased payouts are a reflection of longevity increases.

Insurance company executives assuaged fears over energy sector holdings during fourth-quarter earnings calls. Limited exposure to the volatile market will protect carriers going forward, execs said.

Prudential executives say they will adapt to the impending fiduciary rule, even as company misses earnings forecast this week. Meanwhile, two lawmakers say industry executives are contradicting themselves on the rule’s impact.

For agents serving the individual health insurance market, this most recent open enrollment season hit them right in the wallet.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen tells a House committee that it will proceed cautiously with potential interest rate hikes.

Short-term care insurance sales are way up, but does the product deserve agents’ attention? Opinions differ on whether SCTi offers enough coverage to be worthy of the attention.

The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule is likely to usher in a range of distribution models for insurance products sold into qualified retirement plans.

The ongoing regulatory effort to move away from commissioned-based sales ignores many important facts about how agents are already heavily regulated.

Lincoln Financial CEO Dennis Glass comments on MetLife reorganization, adds that Lincoln will do whatever is in the long-term interests of shareholders.

Genworth is quitting the life insurance and fixed annuity business and isolating its long-term care block. The moves offer the best chance to push the company back to profitability, executives say.

MetLife, Principal and Lincoln all report sluggish fourth-quarter results that fail to meet analysts’ expectations.

Unum Group reported strong fourth-quarter ‘capping off a very good year for our company’ said CEO Richard P. McKenney.