Why client insurance needs could change even if their life doesn’t
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- How AI Is Changing Life Insurance
- Indexed Universal Life: Tax-Free Promise or Costly Illusion?
- The triumph of daily victories — With John Nichols
- Patrick Crayton’s New Insurance Playbook
- The power of independence in the high net worth market
- Turning awareness into action during Life Insurance Awareness Month
SPECIAL FEATURE
How to prepare for new AEP rules
As we head into this Annual Election Period, the biggest mistake you can make is to assume a plan that... Read More
From The Field
Overcoming the AI trust gap
What happens when a client receives an AI-influenced decision and wants to know why?
Why life insurance riders aren’t solving the LTC crisis
True long-term care protection is designed around the realities of aging, not as an add-on to a life insurance policy.
Keep the transcript; Don’t delete the audio
The transcript is worth having on its own merits, and that’s the part most Medicare agents will skip past.
ADVISOR NEWS
Benefit Costs Squeeze Schools, Driving Cuts, Tax Hikes And Difficult Tradeoffs
School districts across Camden County are confronting a budget problem that is both familiar and difficult to control: employee health benefits are taking a larger share of the money available for classrooms, staffing and student programs. Collingswood School District health care spending rose from $4.74 million in 2020-21 to $7.33 million in 2025-26….
- Most Gen Z investors think less than a year ahead when making financial decisions
- IRI pitches retirement agenda to Jeffries as democrats shape affordability platform
- Help child-free clients plan for their later years
- When new investment trends emerge, Gen Z is most likely generation to be first in
- Could ‘plain English’ become an advisor’s secret weapon?
NEWSWIRES
ECONOMISTS THINK A RATE HIKE IS COMING. HERE'S WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE ECONOMY
Ahead of the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, stubborn inflation, rising Treasury yields and signals from other central banks have all raised the prospect of a rate hike, which economists say is now all but certain. Ahead of the upcoming highly-anticipated Federal Reserve meeting, stubborn inflation, rising Treasury yields and signals from other central…
- Wall Street week ahead: Federal Reserve decision on interest rates, retail sales update
- Stubborn inflation raises prospect of Fed rate hike
- Woman charged with threatening to blow up Decatur bridge
- Trump finally puts Obamacare to good use
- Data on Economic Policy Published by a Researcher at Yunnan University (Research on the Time-Varying Inflationary Effects of the Federal Reserve’s Unconventional Monetary Policy: An Empirical Test Based on the TVP-SV-VAR Model): Economics – Economic Policy
Annuity News
Nationwide adds mutual fund-linked strategy to New Heights Select FIA
Nationwide and Annexus have added what they said is the first mutual fund-linked strategy to a fixed indexed annuity. The... Read More
NAIC working group pressed to accelerate annuity illustration overhaul
The working group is weighing revisions addressing how insurers present non-guaranteed crediting rates and other issues. Read More
Wink: Annuity sales post strong Q2, led by MYGAs and structured products
Annuity sales seem to be settling at a level the industry can sustain, with second-quarter sales again topping $100 billion. Read More
Life Insurance News
Life insurance loans: what to do when a client shows interest in one
When a client expresses interest in a life insurance loan, an advisor must clearly lay out the pros and cons. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Investigators at Emory University School of Medicine Zero in on Medical Education (Disability prevalence, disclosure, and accommodation use in pediatric residency: results from a pilot study): Education – Medical Education
2026 SEP 11-- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pediatrics Daily News-- Investigators publish new report on Education- Me... Read More
Trump has promised $500 health insurance rebates — but not in New Mexico
In a speech Wednesday, Trump pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Se... Read More
Illinois alerts more than 700,000 people they will or could lose public health insurance
The Pritzker administration is alerting more than 700,000 people across Illinois that they will lose, or are at risk of losing,... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Fact Check: Where candidates Donalds and Jolly stand on property insurance
Polls consistently show that affordability is Florida voters’ biggest concern leading into the November election, and the candi... Read More
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Kemper Corporation, Its Affiliates and Subsidiaries
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Iss... Read More
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to USAA Falcon Property & Casualty Insurance Company
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A++ and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ aaa” to USAA Falcon Property&a... Read More
Insurtech News
Why the insurance claims payout process could deter AI adoption
While many insurers are moving to adopt AI across various aspects of their businesses, claims payouts are being overlooked. Read More
