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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
How insurers can leverage agent insights to navigate disruption
Insurance companies can strengthen trust and improve outcomes by tapping into these valuable allies.
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.
ADVISOR NEWS
Inflation and interest rates: Help clients navigate this terrain
Inflation is persisting, interest rates are still high and economic uncertainty is all around. Consumers need their advisors to help them navigate this terrain.
- As tariffs roil market, separate ‘signal from the noise’
- 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
NEWSWIRES
Studies from Al Ain University in the Area of Risk Management Described (Dynamic Shock-Transmission Mechanism Between U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty and Sharia-Compliant Stock Market Volatility of GCC Economies): Insurance – Risk Management
According to news originating from Al Ain University by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ This study endeavors to explore the shock-transmission mechanism between Trade Policy Uncertainty and the volatility inherent in the Gulf Cooperation Council Islamic stock markets by employing the novel Quantile Vector Auto Regression with‘ Extended…
- Researchers from Wuhan University Report Findings in Insurance (Interannual Multicrop Identification In Large Area Based On Optimized Monthly Tile Classification Model With Spatio-temporal Distance Features Fusion): Insurance
- Insurance commissioner says 12th new property insurer enters state thanks to reforms
- New Findings from Institute for Health Research in the Area of Immunization Described (Strengths and limitations of non-survey-based data sources for assessing adult vaccination coverage in the United States): Public Health – Immunization
- Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)
- Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)
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
New Disability and Health Findings from School of Medicine Outlined (Needs Beyond Coverage: Health Care Inequities Among Children With Disabilities of Parents With Disabilities): Health and Medicine – Disability and Health
2025 APR 07-- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Taiwan Daily Report-- Data detailed on Health and Medicine- Disability an... Read More
Reports from National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Describe Recent Advances in COVID-19 (Influenza, Covid-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination Coverage Among Adults – United States, Fall 2024): Coronavirus – COVID-19
2025 APR 07-- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily-- Investigators publish new report on Coronavirus- ... Read More
Minnesota Blue Cross parent company’s operating profit fell 73% last year
For 2024, Eagan- based Blues parent Aware Integrated saw operating income of $27.6 million, down about 73% from the previous ye... Read More
What is Smoot-Hawley? The Depression-era act being compared to Trump's tariffs
One expert is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a trade policy that deepened the ... Read More
CPI Inflation, Tariffs, and Bank Earnings Highlight Pivotal Week for Stocks
It is a pivotal week for U.S. stocks as new tariffs are set to kick in, and CPI inflation comes out. It is also the start of Q1... Read More
The Six Biggest Factors Causing Americans’ Car Insurance to Skyrocket
Personal Finance Are you paying higher insurance premiums than ever before? Are your rates increasing by more each year? You’re... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Report shows Illinois 2nd in nation for sharpest homeowners insurance increases
The Consumer Federation of America released a new report that shows Illinois homeowners saw their insurance premiums increase b... Read More
Louisiana legislators, Gov. Landry and two trial attorneys talk auto insurance at Texas lodge
Jeff Landry and two prominent trial attorneys in Texas last week to hunt turkey and talk legislative business— including whethe... Read More
It's severe weather season: Watch out for contract fraud
AAA is offering insurance advice and a word of caution for Tennessee residents whose homes may suffer damage from tornadoes, se... 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