Auto insurance rates fell in 2025, but affordability gap between states is widening
After car insurance prices eased in 2025, insurers expect the gap between the most and least expensive states to widen further in 2026.
Companies take greater interest in employee financial wellness
More firms are highly concerned about their workers’ financial well-being, with most benefit decision-makers and workers agreeing that their company has a responsibility to ensure their employees are physically, mentally and financially well.
Corebridge Financial powers through executive shakeup with big sales
Corebridge Financial is counting on steady and strong sales to muscle the company through a period of intense transition.
Proposed ACA regulations are a win for brokers, consumers
The proposal “is the most radical shift in ACA regulations since the original ACA regulations were drafted,” one expert said.
CVS Health CEO David Joyner fires back at AOC’s monopoly criticism
CVS Health President and CEO David Joyner took the brunt of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s viral broadside on health insurers three weeks ago.
Annuity check fraud: What advisors should tell clients
Annuity checks are no exception when it comes to check fraud. What can advisors tell their clients to keep them safe?
Tax filing season is a good time to open a Trump Account
Income tax filing season is in full swing and it’s a good time for parents to open a Trump Account for their children who are eligible.
Trump executive order on AI creates more uncertainty for insurance landscape
The recent executive order proposing unified federal governance of AI laws has created more uncertainty for insurance companies.
NAIC regulators work to tighten investment guideline on PRT transfers
The NAIC is readying a new guideline to tighten how insurance companies manage the massive wave of pension liabilities landing on their balance sheets.
TrumpRx is here. What you should know
TrumpRx, a U.S. government–backed prescription drug discount platform, launched Thursday night. How does it work and who will benefit most from it?
Globe Life reports solid quarter of sales, Bermuda reinsurer ramps up
Globe Life carved out a niche serving the middle market with smaller policies, a strategy reliant on agent recruitment.
Cigna hails pharmacy deal with the FTC, battles elevated cost trends
The Cigna Group faced many of the same increased health care cost drivers during the fourth quarter, and it pushed profits down slightly.
Equitable reports mixed results but looks ahead to a stronger 2026
Equitable Holdings reported mixed 2025 financial results, posting a full-year loss but returning to profitability in the final quarter.
Prudential calls 90-day sales pause to sort out Japan ‘misconduct’
Prudential Financial has a Japan problem that CEO Andy Sullivan is trying to clean up via a 90-day pause on sales activity.
What’s behind Medicare Advantage product deserts
Product deserts are locations where Medicare Advantage plan disruption, shrinking availability and choices are creating challenges for enrollees and advisors.
Judge orders Greg Lindberg to pay $526 million to policyholders
A North Carolina judge ordered Greg Lindberg to pay $526 million to long-suffering policyholders.
Another large policyholder asks court to intervene on PHL liquidation
Another large policyholder is asking a Connecticut judge to permit an emergency intervention in the pre-liquidation proceedings for PHL Variable.
How to discuss higher deductibles without losing client trust
Higher deductibles create friction for clients, introducing uncertainty at the moments they need coverage most.
Court fines Cutter Financial $100,000, requires client notice of guilty verdict
A Massachusetts judge fined Jeffrey Cutter $50,000 and Cutter Financial Group $100,000 today for an Advisors Act violation involving the sale of fixed indexed annuities.
