What’s next for insurtech? Industry leader shares insights
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- The Medicare agent squeeze
- How to have a black belt practice — With John Terry
- Georgia insurance agent wows on ‘American Idol’ — with Philmon Lee
- ACA subsidy turbulence is reshaping employee benefits
- Regulators tackle controversial annuity illustrations
- Every role in your agency touches revenue
SPECIAL FEATURE
The silver economy ushers in a new era of life insurance growth
Longer lives, fewer births and an unprecedented concentration of wealth among older Americans are reshaping the demand for financial protection... Read More
From The Field
The conversation almost no advisor is having yet
You built your practice on having the hard conversations everyone else avoids. This is simply the one you haven’t added yet.
Automated handwritten mail: Helping agencies scale the personal touch
A growing number of agencies are turning to a tool that might sound old-fashioned for an industry built on customer relationship management systems and drip campaigns: handwritten mail.
The missing piece in most retirement plans
Most retirement plans are built for market risk. Very few are built for life risk. That is why so many of them fail.
ADVISOR NEWS
Why advisors should offer retirement-longevity planning
These services extend traditional retirement projections past standard life expectancy to address various issues associated with 30- to 40-year retirement horizons.
- A hybrid approach outperforms the 4% Rule, researchers find
- Clients are bringing TikTok insurance advice into advisor meetings
- Embracing a family-centric approach to financial planning
- Family communication: Financial planning’s growing blind spot
- Americans aren’t turning retirement plans into action, LIMRA finds
NEWSWIRES
State Farm to pay out $5 billion. What to know if you’re a California policyholder
State Farm has begun issuing $5 billion in dividends to customers who held auto insurance policies with the company in 2025.. State Farm is the largest insurer in California. Payments average $100 per vehicle, State Farm said.
- Best’s Market Segment Report: Inland Marine Profitability Remains a Hallmark as the Risk Landscape Evolves
- Bemidji Education Support Professionals secures 2025-2027 contract
- Wawanesa Insurance Becomes W Insurance
- Americans without children are less confident about retirement, Allianz finds
- What’s in your policy? Navigating insurance for pizzerias
Annuity News
Cayman Islands premier to meet with U.S. reinsurance regulators
Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André M. Ebanks MP is travelling to Columbus, Ohio, this... Read More
Corebridge annuity sales slip ahead of Equitable marriage
Corebridge Financial saw lower annuity sales in the second quarter, but remains focused on its coming merger with Equitable Hol... Read More
California teachers settle class-action lawsuit over in-plan annuity fees
Plaintiff Danielle Krimbow and the Life Insurance Company of the Southwest announced a tentative settlement in their lawsuit ov... Read More
Life Insurance News
Insurers, rating firms push back on NAIC credit rating oversight plan
Regulators want to end the blind reliance on credit ratings to help ensure that insurers are not hiding high-risk assets. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Neighborhood Healthcare Urges CMS to Revise Medicaid Community Engagement Rules to Protect Vulnerable Patients and Support Health Centers
For more information contact MYRON STRUCK, editor, [email protected], Springfield, Virginia; 703/ 304-1897; https://targe... Read More
Tower MSA Partners and Claimify Announce the Addition of Louis Porrazzo to Executive Team
Tower MSA Partners, a technology-forward, industry-leading provider of Medicare Secondary Payer compliance services and Claimif... Read More
How One Patient Saved $20,000 on Surgery – and How You Can Too
Around the end of last year, Ronmel Rangel, 63, began to feel a familiar discomfort in his lower abdomen. Twenty-five years ear... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Oregon Mutual Insurance Company Appoints June Holmes to Board of Directors
Oregon Mutual Insurance Company today announced the appointment of June Holmes to its Board of Directors, effective August 5, 2... Read More
When insurance payments rival the mortgage: Inside the 2026 homeowners insurance squeeze
When insurance payments rival the mortgage: Inside the 2026 homeowners insurance squeeze. Homeownership seems to promise stabil... Read More
Attorneys reveal more about sealed documents in insurance scheme lawsuits
OKLAHOMA CITY— More is being revealed about the thousands of lawsuits against State Farm and Allstate, alleging both insurance ... Read More
Insurtech News
Agentic AI is transforming insurance sales both for consumers and agents
The use of agentic AI in the insurance industry has positively impacted sales by empowering consumers and helping less experien... Read More
- Stride Joins Integrity to Transform Nation’s Individual Marketplace of Expanding Healthcare Benefits
