The cyber shield: protecting high-net-worth clients from digital risks
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- What’s next for Congress in 2026?
- Relationships: The foundation of sales
- The first of everything — with Uziel Gomez
- Keeping it simple — With Bill Egan
- Using cash value life insurance as a buffer asset in retirement
- The silent retirement savings killer: Bridging the Medicare gap
SPECIAL FEATURE
Ethics and IUL: Tax-advantaged strategies for client success
IUL remains one of the most misunderstood and often misrepresented products in our industry. Read More
From The Field
Four advisors. Four turning points. One missing assumption
Disability income protection planning is one of the most essential components of financial planning and one of the most overlooked.
Where love meets preparation
The day my father gave me a gift of peace, clarity, preparation – and love.
Social engineering and cyber risk
Social engineering is the top driver of commercial cyber claims.
ADVISOR NEWS
Iowa Medicaid temporary tax plan draws sharp opposition
What's being proposed: a temporary tax increase on health insurers and additional withdrawals from a state reserve fund to offset impacts on the state's budget from federal tax cuts contained in the Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act. House Democrats requested Wednesday's public hearing to give the public more time to weigh in on the proposal after it…
- Iowans voice concerns that HMO tax bill could raise health insurance costs
- House panel votes to raise certain taxes, transfer money to offset Medicaid shortfall
- Iowa Medicaid temporary tax plan draws sharp public opposition
- LIMRA: Single premium pension risk transfer sales jump 132% in Q4 of 2025
- Wellmark still worries over temporary tax hike
NEWSWIRES
Findings from Central Bank Corporation Broaden Understanding of Economics and Statistics (The Origins of Monetary Policy Disagreement: the Role of Supply and Demand Shocks): Economics – Economics and Statistics
According to news reporting from Santiago, Chile, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ We investigate how dissent in the Federal Open Market Committee is affected by structural macroeconomic shocks obtained using a medium-scale dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model.”. For more information on this research see: The Origins of Monetary Policy…
Annuity News
2025: A record-breaking year for annuity sales via banks and BDs
In 2025, favorable economic conditions, along with aging demographics and more advisors selling annuities, led to record-breaki... Read More
Life Insurance News
Ethics and IUL: Tax-advantaged strategies for client success
IUL remains one of the most misunderstood and often misrepresented products in our industry. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it
Sorting through the nuances of copays, deductibles, premiums and other jargon can be frustrating. Since the Affordable Care Act... Read More
California should pause new health insurance mandates amid rising costs | Opinion
California businesses are facing cost pressures on all fronts— from rent, utilities, labor, materials and rising cost of living... Read More
What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
—Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, like ... Read More
Ohio bill would require insurers to cover menopause treatment
Women enduring hot flashes and night sweats from menopause should have treatment covered by health insurance, two Democratic Oh... Read More
5 Ways the Fed’s Basel III Pivot Unlocks Institutional Bitcoin Custody
Today, the Federal Reserve Board released a proposal to modernize the U.S. capital framework that could fundamentally alter the... Read More
FTSE 100 Live: Blue-chip index plunges 300 points as oil soars, BoE holds rates
FTSE 100 down 300 points to 10,005 Brent crude oil soars as Iran and Israel attack energy facilities UK unemployment rate stabl... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Bill would require boat, jet ski insurance in Illinois
If passed into law, the new rule would impact a significant number of boat owners in Illinois. Senate Bill 2972 mandates liabil... Read More
Financial Well-Being Largely Guides How Americans Plan to Spend Their Tax Refund | Insurify
This year, most Americans plan to use their tax refund toward financial goals, including car insurance. Last year, the IRS issu... Read More
California Homeowners Could Face 16% Insurance Rate Jump in 2026, Report Says | Insurify
"In early 2025, the Palisades and Eaton fires upended the California home insurance market," said Matt Brannon, seni... Read More
Insurance & Financial Fraud
JPM Sued Over $328M Crypto Scam: Compliance Failures Under Spotlight
JPMorgan Chase JPM has been sued by victims of an alleged $328- million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in a case that raises fresh... Read More
Advisor convicted of defrauding NBA players through viatical life sales
A California investment adviser was convicted of defrauding three former NBA players out of more than $5 million, federal prose... Read More
Former Connecticut investment advisor indicted for fraud in $3.3M 'free-riding' scheme, feds say
Mar. 3— BRIDGEPORT— A former Connecticut broker and investment advisor has been indicted for defrauding three financial service... Read More
