In 2025, favorable economic conditions, along with aging demographics and more advisors selling annuities, led to record-breaking individual annuity sales across bank, BD and wirehouse channels.
Only 38% of affluent investors are comfortable with artificial intelligence, according to Cerulli Edge-U.S. Retail Investor Edition.
Social engineering is the top driver of commercial cyber claims.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act opens the door for advisors to implement advanced wealth transfer strategies in 2026.
Florida’s recent tort reforms were designed to reduce lawsuit incentives and the additional costs that arise when claim payouts increase because of societal and legal pressures.
IUL remains one of the most misunderstood and often misrepresented products in our industry.
Despite several high-profile lawsuits and continued market turbulence, indexed life insurance remains the preferred product for consumers.
Tax filing season offers life insurance professionals a powerful yet underused window for proactive planning.
A panel of insurance and legal leaders says artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the life and annuities industry, but compliance is a concern.
Annuities are a strong choice for clients looking to drive guaranteed income, providing different options for unique client situations.
Advantage Capital signed an agreement with global investment manager Oaktree Capital Management to provide critical funding support for its financially troubled life insurers.
In 2026, the focus is set to move beyond digitizing individual steps and toward reinventing the end-to-end operating model.
A group of large PHL Variable policyholders, and the Connecticut insurance commissioner both took aim at Nassau Financial Group in separate court filings this week.
Persistent and rising health care costs, coupled with longer life expectancies, are driving a sharp rise in retirement anxiety, according to MetLife’s new 2026 Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study.
Advancements in technology are ushering in what experts have dubbed the “golden age of underwriting,”
The bill aims to expand what the FAIR Plan covers, strengthen how claims are handled and hold the system accountable when it fails policyholders.
What do these early-onset health conditions mean for insurance?
The Department of Labor said in court documents this week that it supports a district court motion to vacate its Retirement Security Rule.
Annuity buyers continued to show faith in the market as 2025 came to a close, with traditional variable and structured annuity sales up significantly, Wink, Inc. reported.
