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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
How to elevate annuity discussions during tax season
Tax season creates a rare opportunity for engagement, making it the ideal moment to connect tax awareness with long-term income... Read More
From The Field
‘Make It FAIR Act:’ What California policyholders need to know
The bill aims to expand what the FAIR Plan covers, strengthen how claims are handled and hold the system accountable when it fails policyholders.
The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ is a workplace opportunity
For employers and benefits brokers, this moment presents more than a trend; it presents an opportunity.
Confidence is the new workplace currency
Two trends reshaping how employers, brokers and financial professionals can support employees.
ADVISOR NEWS
Health insurance premium tax bill moving in House
Iowa House lawmakers are advancing legislation that would place a temporary tax increase on some health insurance companies in the state— matching a similar proposal moving in the Senate. The House bill, like its Senate counterpart, would temporarily increase the tax on health insurance premiums from 0.925% to 3% to help the state cover increasing Medicaid…
- Iowa Senate committee approves one-time tax increase on certain health insurance plans
- Retirement moves to make before April 15
- Millennials are inheriting billions and they want to know what to do with it
- What Trump Accounts reveal about time and long-term wealth
- Wellmark still worries over lowered projections of Iowa tax hike
NEWSWIRES
Short-Term Rentals Pose Insurance Risks for Homeowners and Multi-Unit Dwellings
Failing to notify insurers can result in denied claims, reduced liability coverage, higher deductibles, or even policy cancellation, according to a new Insurance Information Institute Outlook, Short-Term Rentals and Homeowners Insurance.. “It’ s important for homeowners to understand the potential for coverage gaps to arise when residential dwellings are…
- Lawmakers reopen fight over Louisiana’s 50-year-old medical malpractice cap
- POLICY CHECK
- Insurity’s London International Conference to Bring Global Insurance Leaders Together to Explore the Future of Marine, AI, and Digital Insurance Platforms
- AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Aseguradora Ancón, S.A.
- Florida car insurance rates have started dropping but don’t celebrate yet | Opinion
Annuity News
How to elevate annuity discussions during tax season
Tax season creates a rare opportunity for engagement, making it the ideal moment to connect tax awareness with long-term income... Read More
Life Insurance News
Marv Feldman, life insurance icon and 2011 JNR Award winner, passes away at 80
In 1967, while finishing his senior year at Ohio State University, Marv Feldman signed his first insurance contract with New Yo... Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) Making Surprising Moves in Thursday Session
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) has caught the attention of the investment community today with its bullish price action. Th... Read More
3 in 4 Americans open to local local health system insurance plans
With health insurance premiums increasing among public and private payers and Affordable Care Act subsidies no longer in effect... Read More
Continuous Glucose Monitoring on the Rise Among Medicare Advantage Members with Type 2 Diabetes
A new study published in the current issue of the Journal of Managed Care& Specialty Pharmacy— conducted by a Humana Health... Read More
SEC, CFTC Sign Pact to Align U.S. Crypto Oversight Rules
TLDR The SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum to coordinate oversight in overlapping areas. The agreement places crypto oversight a... Read More
‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
An employer in Chicago describes how another year of rising premiums forced her to consider dropping her workers’ insurance. Sm... Read More
USD/CHF Gains Above 0.7800 Amid Fed Hawkish Hold Expectations
USD/CHF climbed past 0.7800 as rising oil prices and Middle East tensions fueled expectations for the Federal Reserve to mainta... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Neptune Flood Launches App in ChatGPT, Expanding Access to Preliminary Flood Insurance Quotes
Neptune Flood today announced the launch of its digital flood insurance app in ChatGPT. The new app enables property owners to ... Read More
Opposition dooms Oregon bill aimed at wildfire insurance discounts
SALEM— Opposition from the insurance industry doomed a bill intended to reward Oregon with more affordable insurance rates if t... Read More
Trump tells ship captains to use the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. conflict with Iran intensifies
Hundreds of tankers and container ships are idling in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman because they are unwilling to pass t... Read More
Insurance & Financial Fraud
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
