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The Global Insurance Accelerator, or GIA, is helping InsureTech start-ups get off the ground with seed capital, mentorship and exposure. GIA is funded by some of the best-known insurers located in the Des Moines area.

Two new indexed variable annuity products will help Allianz Life Insurance post record sales and deal effectively with the new regulations in the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, company execs say.

Since launching his own financial advisory firm in October, Grayson Hofferber has charged a monthly retainer that ranges from $50…

Some 93 percent of people 25 years and younger are willing to buy insurance online compared to only 63 percent…

Investors should diversify their holdings across emerging markets, experts say. But take care to be wary of volatility and invest with some trepidation.

A serious health condition need not be a barrier to obtaining life insurance coverage.

IMOs and FMOs should be fine to sell variable and fixed indexed annuities under the transition Best Interest Contract for the rest of the year, a pair of experts say. But a definitive word is unknown.

A sustainable approach for brokers navigating the emergence of technology in group health insurance.

Consumers want health care cost transparency when making insurance decisions.

Evidence is mounting that advisors are more likely to include health care spending as a topic to be included in retirement planning. A new report indicates a 65-year-old couple retiring today will need $404,000 for health care costs.

Operating similarly to a bank or credit union, the premium financing solutions provider can loan money on the premium that can be paid back over an agreed-upon period of time.

Busting the six myths about consumers and direct mail.

Our state Senate wants to change an entire system, while risking incredible job loss, disruption, loss of choice and terrible confusion for senior citizens.

Financial planners say pressure from taxes and regulation are making them less likely to recommend life and annuity products. Can these products adapt and thrive beyond 2017?

States are charging into the fiduciary pool, with Nevada passing a fiduciary standard for any advisors licensed to do business in the state. Others are seeking fiduciary language via other means.

Financial advisors recruited to independent broker-dealers (IBD) are as likely to come from the insurance distribution channel as they are from big wirehouses, new research found.

A new Morningstar tool is designed to help investment management professionals “gain a clearer picture of business risk and portfolio suitability across an entire book of business.” In short, a balance between too much and too little risk.

Shouldn’t the real question be how the new rule impacts the ordinary investor?