Marv Feldman, life insurance icon and 2011 JNR Award winner, passes away at 80
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
How gamification helps insurers engage and educate younger homeowners
How can we make insurance feel less like a chore and more like a conversation?
Reimagining life insurance to close the coverage gap
Repositioning life insurance from a protection product to a wellness benefit is a win for both carriers and consumers.
How technology is changing personal injury auto claims
The auto insurance claims operation in 2026 looks almost nothing like it did five years ago.
ADVISOR NEWS
Wellmark still worries over lowered projections of Iowa tax hike
A proposal to temporarily increase a state tax on health insurance premiums to help cover a $1 billion shortfall in the state budget will impact Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state's largest health insurer, much less than the company originally feared, Wellmark officials and state administration leaders said Thursday. Kim Reynolds'…
- Wellmark still worries over lowered projections of Iowa tax hike
- Geopolitical instability and risk raise fears of Black Swan scenarios
- Structured Note Investors Recover $1.28M FINRA Award Against Fidelity
- Market reports turn economic trends into a strategic edge for advisors
- SEC in ‘active and detailed’ settlement talks with accused scammer Tai Lopez
NEWSWIRES
Trump administration unveils $20B reinsurance program to help maritime traffic in Middle East
The Trump administration is rolling out a $20 billion reinsurance program for ships that are worried about incurring losses due to the U.S.- Israeli on Iran and retaliatory strikes against oil-rich Gulf states. Oil prices have surged due to Iran’ s clampdown on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil artery, and production disruptions across the Middle East.
- Local lawmakers, advocates talk about BadgerCare expansion
- Medical malpractice success a win, but more needed
- Everyday Economics: Existing home sales report may be noisy. Inflation will shape outlook
- Broward children lack hospital choices. Parents want state to force Florida Blue to negotiate
- Going Places: Global Insecurity Heightens Need for Emergency Plan, Travel Insurance
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
LIMRA: Individual life insurance new premium sets 2025 sales record
Total new annualized premium increased 10% year over year to $17.5 billion in 2025, according to preliminary results from LIMRA... Read More
How AI can drive and bridge the insurance skills gap
Artificial intelligence presents an opportunity to bridge a skills gap between older, more tenured insurance professionals and ... Read More
Kyle Busch, PacLife reach confidential settlement, seek to dismiss lawsuit
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and his wife, Samantha Busch, have reached a confidential settlement with PacLife and two other defend... Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Families defend disability services amid health cuts
Concerns for such care arose when Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, proposed cutting $22 million from Medicaid- the joint s... Read More
RANDALL LEADS 43 DEMOCRATS IN DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM OPM OVER DECISION TO ELIMINATE COVERAGE FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY TRANS HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Emily Randall, co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, led a letter alongside 43 D... Read More
Trump's Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverageTrump's Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage
But Feldman and other street medicine providers across the state are worried that changes made to Medi-Cal eligibility by Presi... Read More
Kalshi suspends users for violating its policy on "insider trading"
Prediction market Kalshi disclosed Wednesday that it had suspended two users — an editor for the MrBeast YouTube platform and a... Read More
Kalshi licenses election data from AP
Kalshi, one of the world's largest prediction market companies, struck a deal with the Associated Press to license its election... Read More
State Farm auto customers getting $100 refund
State Farm, the nation's largest auto insurer, has lowered insurance rates and is issuing an average dividend of $100 per vehic... Read More
Property and Casualty News
New Mexico governor signs major medical malpractice bill into law
A medical malpractice reform that was years in the making is now the law of the land in New Mexico. “This, in fact, was a healt... Read More
2 attorneys are in a runoff to represent New Orleans East in the state House
New Orleans East voters are headed back to the polls this month to settle a race between two attorneys hoping to represent the ... Read More
State insurance commissioner is focusing insurance discounts for fortified roofs
BATON ROUGE— Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is working with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to... 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
