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Protectors Vegas 2026 LIVE Coverage

Coverage starts November 9th

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4Q Earnings: Unum, Aflac, Lincoln Beat the Street

Three insurers operating in the life and annuity spaces reported strong fourth-quarter earnings this week. The good news offset the bad news from MetLife over unrecorded pension liabilities.

Insurers Look to AI to Improve Speed, Convenience of Underwriting

Easier and faster application and underwriting processes are on the way as human intervention cedes to artificial intelligence, noninvasive medical reviews and data analytics, a new report found. Insurers are making major strides in the use of AI and advisors are going to feel the differences.

SEC Looking Into MetLife’s Failure To Pay Some Pensions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into MetLife’s failure to pay some workers’ pensions as the insurer announced it will postpone its fourth-quarter and full year 2017 earnings report.

Insurer Investment In Coaching Firm Boosts Advisors

Northwestern Mutual’s investment in business coaching firm ClientWise amounts to an affirmation that advisors must migrate from solo practitioners to team builders and managers, experts said.

Vantis Life Goes Platinum with Whole Life Product

Boosting the death benefit by several thousand dollars and adding a charitable giving rider will help Vantis Life’s single-premium whole life product compete for market share, the company said.

Lincoln Appoints Senior Exec To Key Life Post

Lincoln Financial has hired corporate actuary Stafford Thompson Jr. as senior vice president, Life Product Management, in charge of the company’s individual life business.

What 2018 Could Bring To the Life/Annuity Industry

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.