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Indexed annuity sales set records in 3Q: Wink

November 14, 2018

Non-variable annuity sales for the third quarter of 2018 increased 4.72% as compared to the prior quarter, and improved 0.46% as compared to the same period last year, based on preliminary sales by Wink’s Sales & Market Report released on Nov. 14.

Agents Behaving Badly Part VI: Mail fraud

Brian Anderson

November 13, 2018

Out latest edition features a trio of agents charged or convicted of mail fraud – two for submitting false life insurance applications and another for swindling elderly investors.

Latest FIO report chock full of industry data and analysis

Brian Anderson

November 7, 2018

Seventh annual Dodd-Frank-mandated report shows U.S. still the world’s largest insurance market; provides a detailed analysis of the current state of the overall market.

‘America’s Final Expense Company’ Settlers Life closing its doors

Brian Anderson

November 5, 2018

Parent company NGL will take over administration of in-force block.

Voya to exit individual life sales at end of the year

Brian Anderson

October 31, 2018

Chairman and CEO says decision aligns with plans to focus on its higher-growth, higher-return, capital-light businesses: Retirement, investment management and employee benefits.

Industry sets records for payouts, coverage and investments in 2017, according to new ACLI Fact Book

Brian Anderson

October 29, 2018

Latest volume, released Monday, finds life insurance companies paid $77 billion to beneficiaries and $82 billion to owners of annuities in 2017, while maintaining status as the largest institutional investor in the U.S.

LIMRA CEO: Change is inevitable – embrace it

Brian Anderson

October 29, 2018

Opening the 2018 LIMRA Conference in New York on Monday, Robert A. Kerzner says the industry needs to leverage technology to simplify the process so more banks, broker-dealers and registered investment advisors want to recommend life insurance and annuities to clients.

NAILBA’s transformation will be on display in Orlando Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Brian Anderson

October 17, 2018

CEO Dan LaBert, one year into the role, shares a look at plenty of changes happening within the independent life brokerage distribution-focused organization as well as to the fast-approaching annual meeting.

Last non-bank SIFI Prudential no longer considered ‘too big to fail’

Brian Anderson

October 17, 2018

FSOC announces rescission of Prudential’s Nonbank Financial Company Designation. Prudential joins other non-bank entities GE Capital, AIG and MetLife in shedding the label.

Millennials walking financial tightrope without safety net of life insurance

Brian Anderson

October 8, 2018

Burdened by student loans and other concerns, more young families are delaying buying life insurance, according to a new survey released at InsureTech Connect.

Indexed annuity sales set records in 3Q: Wink

Agents Behaving Badly Part VI: Mail fraud

Latest FIO report chock full of industry data and analysis

‘America’s Final Expense Company’ Settlers Life closing its doors

Voya to exit individual life sales at end of the year

Industry sets records for payouts, coverage and investments in 2017, according to new ACLI Fact Book

LIMRA CEO: Change is inevitable – embrace it

NAILBA’s transformation will be on display in Orlando Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Last non-bank SIFI Prudential no longer considered ‘too big to fail’

Millennials walking financial tightrope without safety net of life insurance

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