Lack of digital tools drives wedge between insurers, advisors
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
SPECIAL FEATURE
Living benefits: A better way to position life insurance
More people are now considering how a health event could affect income, independence and long-term financial stability. Read More
From The Field
How life insurance became a living-benefits strategy
Life insurance is increasingly being positioned as a living financial strategy.
When an MEC is an effective planning tool
A modified endowmnent contract isn’t inherently good or bad.
Medicare Advantage: What agents in the field are seeing
The economics are straightforward, and they’re ugly.
ADVISOR NEWS
Alternative investments in 401(k)s: What advisors must know
The push to bring alternative investments into 401(k) plans “is quickly becoming the most dynamic and complicated topic in the financial services space,” said Gina Alsdorf, an attorney with Carlton Fields.
- Financial shocks, caregiving gaps and inflation pressures persist
- Americans unprepared for increased longevity
- More investors will seek comprehensive financial planning
- Midlife planning for women: why it matters and how advisors should adapt
- Tax anxiety is real, although few have a plan to address it
NEWSWIRES
GLP1s weight-loss drugs may soon be covered by health insurance under new Washington court ruling
May 10— A blanket refusal to cover weight-loss medication like GLP-1s is no longer allowed under Washington state law, an appeals court ruled last week. Many health insurances do not provide coverage to weight-loss medication. In years past, weight-loss drugs have been ineffective and expensive with many side effects.
- AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company Following Merger Announcement With ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company
- Looking back at Jerome Powell's 8-year term as Federal Reserve Chair
- Powell is right to seek clarity on Fed
- 2026 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice: Consumer habits hold steady as payment options grow
- Best’s Special Report: US Property/Casualty and Health Insurers Exceed Cost of Capital; Life Insurers Narrowly Miss
Annuity News
LIMRA: Annuity sales notch 10th consecutive $100B+ quarter
Total U.S. annuity sales were $104.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026, 2% below first quarter 2025 results, LIMRA reported. Read More
AIG to sell remaining shares in Corebridge Financial
American International Group announced Tuesday that it will sell about 25 million shares of common stock of Corebridge Financia... Read More
Corebridge Financial, Equitable Holdings post Q1 earnings as merger looms
Corebridge and Equitable announced a March merger to form a $22 billion entity, a deal expected to close by year-end 2026. Read More
Life Insurance News
Living benefits: A better way to position life insurance
More people are now considering how a health event could affect income, independence and long-term financial stability. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Private Medicare plans get a break
After saying it wanted to keep federal payments to private Medicare plans roughly flat next year, the Trump administration reve... Read More
Arizona's Medicaid, AHCCCS, undergoes huge changes
In Arizona, there were just under 1.8 million recipients of AHCCCS– the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or the sta... Read More
Rob Schofield: NC’s new Medicaid ‘compromise’ comes at a cost
It's understandable that North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein decided to host a signing ceremony last week that featured a smatt... Read More
Kevin Warsh’s challenges become clear after Fed chair Powell’s last hurrah
When Kevin Warsh takes over as Federal Reserve chair, he will face vocal internal opposition to any attempts to cut rates prema... Read More
Powell to remain as Fed governor, denying Trump a key vacancy
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that he will remain a central bank governor "for a period of time to... Read More
Fed holds rates steady amid the most dissents in decades
The Federal Reserve left interest rates steady Wednesday in what was almost certainly Jerome Powell's final meeting as its lead... Read More
Property and Casualty News
California GOP’s insurance pick brings Jan. 6 baggage to race shaped by crisis
With California "s home insurance market in turmoil, Republicans may have reason to believe they can compete in the race f... Read More
Illinois lawmakers face budget deadline, Bears stadium fight and insurance battle with 3 weeks left
SPRINGFIELD— With less than three weeks before the Illinois General Assembly "s scheduled adjournment, lawmakers are in a ... Read More
Urgent consumer alert: Minnesota families targeted in bail scam
A growing and highly deceptive scam is impacting families across Minnesota, with criminals impersonating bail bond agents, law ... Read More
Insurtech News
Record Lows and Highs for Medicare Advantage and PDPs by Mark Farrah Associates
Medicare Advantage market penetration remains strong; however, the growth rate has slowed to a record low, of 2.4%; while Presc... Read More
NAIC regulators debate the scope of AI guardrails
State insurance regulators are at the implementation phase of guidance on artificial intelligence, following broader adoption o... Read More
WHY POLITICAL PRESSURE ON CENTRAL BANKS CAN RAISE YOUR BORROWING COSTS
The following information was released by the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration:.... Read More
