NAIC’s 2026 AI evaluation pilot moves ahead as industry balks
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- Financial professionals can help tomorrow’s retirees achieve financial security
- Big, Beautiful Tax Changes
- Social Security at a Crossroads
- Principal vision — With Deanna Strable
- Planning in the key of life — with Preston Cherry
- How agentic AI is rewiring insurance for 2026
SPECIAL FEATURE
Advocates warn of ‘significant time bomb’ with healthcare barriers
Advocates urged regulators Monday to focus efforts on health care coverage access during the National Association of Insurance C.. Read More
From The Field
Life insurance and annuities: Reassuring ‘tired’ clients in 2026
When people ask me what I see for life insurance and annuities in 2026, I always start here: Clients are tired.
What your homeowners insurance doesn’t cover anymore
The rise of “junk” policies and what consumers must know.
Main Street families need trusted financial guidance to navigate the new Trump Accounts
Many parents are looking for ways to build financial security for their children despite rising costs.
ADVISOR NEWS
Global economic growth will moderate as the labor force shrinks
Global economic growth is expected to moderate over the next 15 years in relation to prior decades, according to economists at The Conference Board.
- Estate planning during the great wealth transfer
- Are the holidays a good time to have a long-term care conversation?
- Gen X unsure whether they can catch up with retirement saving
- Bill that could expand access to annuities headed to the House
- Private equity, crypto and the risks retirees can’t ignore
NEWSWIRES
DTCC Authorized to Offer Tokenization Service
In a major milestone to drive digital asset adoption, The Depository Trust& Clearing Corporation, the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced that its subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company, has received a No-Action Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to offer, under federal…
- Health insurance prices in Colorado set to soar for 225,000 people as Senate fails to extend subsidies
- Gridlock on insurance needs middle ground
- Congressional health insurance tug-o-war puts Pennsylvanians in a lurch
- Legals for December, 12 2025
- U.S. Mortgage Rates Tick Up to 6.22% but Stay Near Lows
Annuity News
Pension buy-in sales up, PRT sales down in mixed Q3, LIMRA reports
The pension risk transfer market showed its unpredictability during the third quarter as LIMRA reported strong buy-in sales ami... Read More
Life Insurance News
Judge tosses Penn Mutual whole life lawsuit; plaintiffs to refile
A California judge granted motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of 29 plaintiffs who claim that Penn Mutual Life Insur... Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Kentucky's U.S. Sen. Rand Paul files bill to make all Americans eligible for Health Savings Accounts
Kentucky's junior U.S. Senator Rand Paul, R- Bowling Green, has introduced the Health Marketplace and Savings Accounts for... Read More
State Agencies Remind Pennsylvania Farmers of Affordable Health Insurance Options
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the Department of Agriculture, Pennie– the state's official health insurance market... Read More
End of health insurance subsidy will be ‘devastating,’ Durbin says in metro-east
Competing partisan proposals from both Republicans and Democrats failed to reach the 60 votes needed to pass the legislation on... Read More
This under-the-radar Trump policy may be the ‘most damaging’ of all: conservative
President Donald Trump continues to berate U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whose term ends on May 15, 2026, for no... Read More
Friday News: “The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us”; “Donald Trump, Security Threat”; “We’re the baddies now”; “Blame Republicans for our health insurance mess”; “The Curse of Trump 2.0”; Indiana Rs Tell Trump to Shove It
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 12.... Read More
The Fed is Doing This… Whether We Like It or Not
The Fed is printing money again. As I first outlined in my 2017 best-selling book The Everything Bubble, once a central bank em... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Best’s Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty Industry Sees Significantly Improved Underwriting Gain in First Nine Months of 2025
The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a $35 billion net underwriting gain in the first nine months of 2025, a significan... Read More
STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS PROTECT HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
The following information was released by the Ohio State Medical Association:. Provided by The Doctors CompanyOSMA's exclu... Read More
SMITH, MCKEON LEGISLATION TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PROPERTY INSURANCE ADVANCES
The following information was released by the New Jersey State Senate, Democrats:. Aiming to better understand the current and ... Read More
Insurance & Financial Fraud
SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Principals of Subprime Automobile Finance Company Charged With Fraud
On December 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained final judgment against James R. Collins and Robert F. DiMe... Read More
Wisconsin releases enforcement actions for November
The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recently released a list of administrative actions for November. The acti... Read More
Alleged Epstein survivor sues Charlotte-based Bank of America for sex trafficking
An alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is suing Charlotte- based Bank of America and another bank in New Y... Read More
