Taxpayers covering 76% of premium costs for people using Federal ACA Marketplace
People who selected “Silver” plans, the most popular ACA plan type in the federal Marketplace, pay an average premium of $69 per month after tax ... Read more
Life Insurance
Suze Orman damage control
Insurance agents love to hate Suze Orman, who regularly bashes whole life insurance and annuities on cable TV and in her books and speaking engagements. ... Read more
Section 4980D: Are companies with non-compliant plans racking up huge fines?
One new post on the Forum asks health insurance experts about Section 4980D. Although the administration pushed back the employer mandate to offer ACA-compliant plans, ... Read more
Northwestern Mutual meeting attracts 10,000 to Milwaukee
About 10,000 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. employees and their families are converging on Milwaukee this week for Northwestern Mutual’s annual meeting, which runs July ... Read more
Middle-market consumers value trust over price when buying life insurance online
Back in the 1700s English theologian Isaac Watts said “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” Watts did not take part in ... Read more
Agent Turned Novelist Writes on Fraud, Murder, and Intrigue in Insurance
Erik Brown started his career in the early 1960s collecting premiums on policies with the Metropolitan Life in Salem Massachusetts. In less than a year ... Read more
Final Expense lead follow-up strategies
Westport, Conn.-based Final Expense producer Dominick M. Caiati recently had a new article posted on LifeHealthPro listing his four core elements that are essential for ... Read more
Part II: Two top Universal Life producers, two unique market perspectives
I recently had a wide-ranging discussion with a couple of leading universal life producers, who shed some light on how UL can provide tailored solutions ... Read more
Two top Universal Life producers, two unique market perspectives: Part I
Universal Life (UL) comes in a wide array of “flavors” these days, offering producers a lot of variety and their clients a lot of flexibility. ... Read more
2 in 3 mobile device owners do or will use them to access services for their life policies
During a presentation at the 2014 LIMRA Marketing Research Conference, Joseph Coughlin, Ph.D., director of MIT’s Technology AgeLab said, “Technology has always been disruptive, now ... Read more
