A Market and Product Outlook (And How You Can Use It for Your Agency)
Recently, I gave a run-down of the current Medicare outlook, and how you can use it to benefit plans for your agency or business. After ... Read more
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CPS’ Peter Holden honored with 2016 Mooers Award as NAILBA 35 wraps up in Dallas
The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) presented Peter Holden, CEO of CPS Insurance Services, with its 2016 Douglas Mooers Award for Excellence ... Read more
Women buying higher levels of coverage than in years past, but still lag men in life insurance ownership
More women go completely without life insurance than men, and despite women who are buying coverage obtaining greater amounts today than in years past, women ... Read more
New York Life declares largest dividend in company’s history
NEW YORK – New York Life, America’s largest mutual life insurer, on Nov. 17 announced that the company expects to pay participating policy owners a ... Read more
Big mutuals reveal reduced 2017 policyowner dividends
In late October, Northwestern Mutual Life announced its intentions to pay $5.2 billion in dividends to policyholders in 2017. Last week, MassMutual announced plans to ... Read more
Why Wouldn’t An Employer Offer Voluntary Benefits?
An agent came to the forum to ask about the objections that other agents run into in terms of voluntary benefits in their business. The ... Read more
Massachusetts has lowest rate of uninsured residents, Texas highest in rankings by WalletHub
As we are in the midst of Open Enrollment, it seems like a good time to share a recent analysis of 2016 Uninsured Rates by ... Read more
Nationwide plans to hire 1,000 more veterans
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2016 – Nationwide’s longstanding commitment to veterans is tied to a shared connection that the men and women who have served ... Read more
State Farm tops in life insurance customer satisfaction for third consecutive year
COSTA MESA, Calif. – Life insurers are focusing their efforts on interaction as a way to satisfy their existing life insurance customers and attract new ... Read more
How independent agencies add value in the digital era
A little more than a hundred years ago, gas-powered automobiles put a serious dent in the need for farriers. Expedia and other travel portals have ... Read more
