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Consumers are more knowledgeable about their saving and investing products than at any other time in the past decade, a recent study found.

Most financial advisors surveyed are bullish on the economy in 2025. How optimistic are they?

Experts on an Employee Benefit Research Institute panel discuss whether America’s 401(k) retirement savings plan is broken.

State insurance regulators know what they want from the anti-government fervor inspired by the return of President Donald Trump: elimination of the Federal Insurance Office.

When it comes to long-term care insurance, it may be a mistake to overlook the benefits for small businesses.

With the top U.S. cybersecurity official making her exit, the incoming administration’s next move anyone’s guess.

As 2024 comes to a close, financial advisors are turning to market forecasts for 2025 to gain insights into future trends.

Feelings of being experienced investors are at the highest for consumers since 2010, even as receptivity toward paying for advice improves.

A strategic balance of annuities and systematic withdrawals is key to optimal retirement outcomes, a new study found.

Connecticut Insurance Department regulators are busy unwinding the finances of PHL Variable Insurance Co. and its subsidiaries. The department agreed to answer a few questions about its efforts.

South Carolina became the second state this month to bar an Advantage Capital Partners-controlled life insurer from writing new business after Dec. 31.

Of all the issues the incoming 119th U.S. Congress has on its plate cryptocurrency might generate the swiftest action and biggest headlines.

RIAs were the focus of a recent SEC Investor Advisory Committee meeting over mandatory arbitration provisions.

California’s new best-interest insurance sales bill (Senate Bill 263) could bring chaos to consumers and agents come Jan. 1.

UnitedHealth Group will pay $69 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by an employee alleging mismanagement of their 401(k) plan.

New legislation from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would reclassify and tax life insurance primarily used by the ultra-wealthy.

The pushback against ESG investing continues as two more states took action to quash progressive factors in financial decision-making.

Despite nominating a moderate to head the Department of Labor, President-elect Donald Trump isn’t likely to be passionate about keeping the latest fiduciary rule around, analysts say.

There is no precedent to what the U.S. could see in health care under a second Trump presidency, a health care policy analyst said.