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Genworth Financial continues to grow its CareScout brand while doubling down on efforts to proactively manage its mispriced LTC blocks.

CVS Health reported strong first-quarter results Wednesday, with its insurance business, anchored by Aetna, showing meaningful improvement.

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.

Advisors expect that 54% of clients will receive ongoing comprehensive planning advice by 2027, up from the current 48%, according to the latest Cerulli Edge—U.S. Advisor Edition.

Corebridge and Equitable announced a March merger to form a $22 billion entity, a deal expected to close by year-end 2026.

Transamerica reached a settlement on charges that it improperly increased COI charges on certain life insurance policies in 2022 and 2023.

While many insurance providers have begun adopting artificial intelligence, others are already racing ahead to the next stage of scaling solutions.

Advisors who recognize this and serve their female clients accordingly are better positioned to build meaningful, long-term relationships.

Although Americans are bracing for a higher tax burden in retirement, most are not doing proactive, year-round tax planning to mitigate their exposure.

Since the 2020 pandemic, life insurance sales have surged. In 2025, policy counts jumped 7% year over year, but there remains work to be done, LIMRA researchers say.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at expanding access to retirement savings accounts for millions of workers who lack employer-sponsored plans.

Younger clients are moving away from accumulation-only thinking to a more balanced approach that includes protection and income planning.

Cigna Group executives said the health insurer will exit the Affordable Care Act individual exchange business beginning in 2027.

Health-related risks are among the most underplanned and financially disruptive factors in retirement — often outweighing market volatility, inflation or recessions.

Cigna urged a federal court this week to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of orchestrating a sweeping racketeering scheme with major drug manufacturers.

Dean Vagnozzi’s lawsuit against the United States and a Securities and Exchange Commission attorney should be dismissed on multiple legal grounds, government lawyers argue.

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee told hospital system CEOs that hospital consolidation and mergers “are fueling the borderline extortionary prices hospitals charge patients.”

Nationwide’s latest Advisor Authority study found that a majority of millennials and Gen Xers are likely to put part of their portfolio in an annuity.

Health care affordability is a top priority for Washington lawmakers, but election-year politics, the Senate filibuster and a slim Republican majority cloud the outlook for passage of any major health care legislation this year.