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
DES MOINES— 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.
- 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
- Sketching out the golden years: new book tries to make retirement planning fun
NEWSWIRES
Home insurance rates rising in La Plata County amid growing wildfire risk
Bob Wolff thought he did everything right when mitigating the fire danger around his home at Animas Air Park ahead of what officials expect could be an active wildfire season. Insurance rates have more than doubled in Colorado since 2018, according to Colorado State University's Regional Economic Development Institute. The report found that La Plata…
- Senator Alvord pushes back on constant cost increases of health insurance with full bipartisan support
- Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company Trademark Application for “OPTIBEN” Filed: Gulf Guaranty Life Insurance Company
- Reports Outline End Stage Kidney Disease Study Findings from University of Utah (Medicare Advantage in the US mainland and Puerto Rico): Kidney Diseases and Conditions – End Stage Kidney Disease
- New Findings on Wilson’s Disease from Alexion Summarized (Patient Burden in the Treatment of Wilson Disease in the United States: An Analysis of Real-World Health Insurance Claims Data from the Komodo database): Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions – Wilson’s Disease
- At Outlook lunch, modest predictions of growth meet headwinds from DC
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
Legal Notices
Announcements Replace your roof with the best looking and longest lasting material- steel from Erie Metal Roofs! Three styles a... Read More
Higher premiums, Medicare updates: Healthcare changes to expect in 2026
Higher premiums, Medicare updates: Healthcare changes to expect in 2026. In 2026, higher costs along with major shifts in Affor... Read More
Trump’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
Our educators deserve competitive pay AND a secure pension | Letters
Oklahoma legislators should pursue teacher raises through other stable sources that preserve the pension fund's trajectory... Read More
Crypto industry quietly powers negative campaign ads in Illinois
Political attack ads are taking on a different energy this primary cycle, thanks to big bucks from national super PACs backing ... Read More
Erik Gamblin Expands Freedom Insurance Group’s Personalized, Multi-State Coverage Solutions
The Texas-based independent agency has expanded its solutions, offering personalized, multi-state insurance solutions. Founded ... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Bill would increase cap on medical malpractice awards from $2.7M to $6M
The rewrite would increase the cap on medical malpractice awards from the current $2.7 million to $6 million, beginning next ye... Read More
Judge must review documents in insurance dispute before releasing them
The decision reversed a First District Court of Appeals order directing Farmers Property Casualty Insurance to hand over the ma... Read More
Bill would increase cap on awards Bill would increase cap on medical malpractice awards from $2.7M to $6M
RICHMOND- A sweeping, last-minute rewrite of a limited bill about interest payments on medical malpractice lawsuits would more ... 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
