Dan Scholz, CLU, ChFC, a Senior Financial Advisor with Ameritas Wealth Advisors-Omaha, is the 2026 recipient of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’ Terry Headley Lifetime Defender Award.
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Last year started with an early challenge for P/C insurers as the California wildfires caused extensive damage in January. The median return on capital employed for P/C insurers continued its upward three-year trend, reaching a new high of 12.41% in 2025.. “Significant rate increases, especially in the homeowners and personal auto lines, have boosted the…
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 11, 2026/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– Aspida Life Insurance Company, a life insurance and annuity company, and WealthVest, a financial services distribution firm, today announced the launch of the WealthLock ® Income Builder. It has the potential to turn an initial premium of $250,000 at age 57 into a single lifetime payout of $35,445 annually starting…
Lack of digital tools drives wedge between insurers, advisors
Failure to leverage digital tools to streamline business processes is tainting an otherwise high financial advisor satisfaction score for U.S. life insurance and annuity companies.
Living benefits: A better way to position life insurance
More people are now considering how a health event could affect income, independence and long-term financial stability.
Best’s Market Segment Report: AM Best Maintains Stable Outlook on Italy’s Non-Life Insurance Segment
AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on Italy’s non-life insurance segment and expects gross written premium in the segment to continue on a steady growth trend during 2026 across all lines of business, although at a slower pace than in recent years. Andrea Porta, senior financial analyst and one of the authors of the outlook, said, "Motor continues to…
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. I, Jon Godfread, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of North Dakota, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Abstract of Statement, as officially filed by the Company in this office. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a+” to Tokio Marine Newa Insurance Co., Ltd.. Established in 1999 by Yulon Group, a major automobile conglomerate in Taiwan, and later partnered with Tokio Marine Group, TMNewa is the fourth largest non-life insurer in Taiwan, with a 7.6% market share in 2025.
Earnings roundup: Prudential works to save ‘unique’ Japanese market
Prudential posted stronger first-quarter earnings Wednesday, even as the insurer continued to grapple with fallout from compliance problems in Japan.
How life insurance became a living-benefits strategy
Life insurance is increasingly being positioned as a living financial strategy.
When you open a retirement account or buy a life insurance policy, you're asked to name a beneficiary. It might seem like just another form to fill out, but this simple step can affect your family's future. Many people don't give beneficiary designations much thought after signing the initial paperwork.
Equitable-Corebridge merger casts shadow over life insurance earnings
As life insurers toast another quarter of strong sales, executives are also eyeing the elephant in the room: a looming Equitable-Corebridge powerhouse.
When an MEC is an effective planning tool
A modified endowmnent contract isn’t inherently good or bad.
Lincoln Financial today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Sustained progress against strategic and financial objectives drove solid first quarter performance. First quarter net loss available to common stockholders was$ million, or$ per diluted share. First quarter adjusted operating income available to common…
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. The company reported a net loss available to shareholders of $792 million in the first quarter of 2026, or $13.82 per diluted share, compared with a net loss available to shareholders of $294 million in the first quarter of 2025, or $5.04 per diluted…
Life insurance premium jumps 10% in 1Q
Total U.S. individual life insurance new annualized premium plus excess jumped 10% year over year to $4.5 billion in the first quarter of 2026, according to LIMRA’s preliminary U.S. Life Insurance Sales Survey.
Genworth Financial, Inc. today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Net income was driven by Enact, which had strong operating performance Net investment income, net of taxes, was $605 million in the quarter, down from $620 million in the prior quarter and up from $584 million in the prior year primarily from changes in limited partnership…
Transamerica agrees to $57M settlement in cost-of-insurance lawsuit
Transamerica reached a settlement on charges that it improperly increased COI charges on certain life insurance policies in 2022 and 2023.
The next step for AI in insurance — partnerships to scale
While many insurance providers have begun adopting artificial intelligence, others are already racing ahead to the next stage of scaling solutions.
Your clients are sitting on underused assets
Something significant is happening in the life insurance market, and it is unfolding quietly.
