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INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- HNW clients take center stage under Trump
- More than luck — with Kevin Tostado
- Premium financing: A two-edged sword?
- Hitting the accelerator on annuities — With Jackson National’s Alison Reed
- Some offbeat ways to meet high net worth prospects
- Why expanding access to financial planning is crucial
SPECIAL FEATURE
5 steps to overcome mistrust in life insurance sales
Life insurance objections: Here are five steps to overcome them. Read More
From The Field
Tariffs, trade and taxes in the time of Trump
As tariffs are under greater consideration, let’s examine their historical significance and explore potential implications of new tariff measures.
Commentary: The US must reject Europe’s liberal insurance regulations
America is ceding its insurance regulation to international nongovernmental organizations that have crippled Europe’s insurance sector.
Tariffs threaten P/C insurers with rising costs, sinking margins
Tariffs mean higher costs for the materials needed for P/C repairs, further hurting the industry’s already tight profit margins.
ADVISOR NEWS
As tariffs roil market, separate ‘signal from the noise’
Market volatility can affect investors in a variety of ways, depending on their financial situation and where they are in their financial life cycle.
- Investors worried about outliving assets
- Essential insights a financial advisor needs to grow their practice
- Goldman Sachs survey identifies top threats to insurer investments
- Political turmoil outstrips inflation as Americans’ top financial worry
- What is the average 55-year-old prospect worth to an advisor?
NEWSWIRES
Florida homeowners turn to this insurance strategy to save money. Agents say ‘be careful.’
Stressed by rising home insurance prices? Some insurers and agents are offering a way for clients to save substantial amounts of money off their insurance premiums, and data shows more homeowners are taking them up on it. Sales of a form of insurance known as "dwelling/fire" is happening more and more in Florida, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel analysis…
Annuity News
California insurance department sued by consumer group over public records
The Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center (LICAC) has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Insurance (CDI) fo... Read More
Updated: Equitable, Allianz move into top 5 in final LIMRA 2024 annuity sales list
For the first time ever, total quarterly annuity sales surpassed $100 billion in all four quarters of the year. Read More
Judge sides with SEC in allowing disputed witnesses in Cutter case
A Massachusetts judge will allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to call five disputed witnesses in an upcoming trial ov... Read More
Life Insurance News
5 steps to overcome mistrust in life insurance sales
Life insurance objections: Here are five steps to overcome them. Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Don't let death penalty turn Luigi Mangione into a martyr
The death penalty should be off the table for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His legal ... Read More
More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements
The study, conducted by Urban Institute researchers with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, calculated that up to... Read More
Don't make Mangione a martyr
The death penalty should be off the table for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His legal ... Read More
Westpac Banking Corp Acquires 10,133 Shares of Devon Energy Co. (NYSE:DVN)
Westpac Banking Corp increased its holdings in shares of Devon Energy Co. (NYSE:DVN - Free Report) by 165.2% during the fourth ... Read More
Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR Reduces Stock Holdings in Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX)
Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR lowered its stake in shares of Chevron Co. (NYSE:CVX - Free Report) by 7.2% during the fourth quarter... Read More
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) Shares Sold by Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR
Pioneer Trust Bank N A OR lessened its stake in shares of The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX - Free Report) by 9.6% during the f... Read More
Property and Casualty News
CAMICO Names John Zissu as its Vice President of Information Technology
CAMICO, the nation’ s largest CPA-directed program of insurance and risk management for the accounting profession, announced th... Read More
Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)
Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14 A Proxy Statement Pursuan... Read More
Lara supports legislation protecting Californians with financially strong FAIR Plan
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced his continued strong support for the FAIR Plan Stabilization Act, a consumer prot... Read More
Insurance & Financial Fraud
You’re Wrong Elon: Social Security’s Not The ‘Ponzi Scheme’, The ‘Unrealized Gains’ Tax Loophole Is – OpEd
"At current interest and tax rates, it is far cheaper to borrow against the value of one's shares than to sell them ... Read More
