Employers should continue to provide a base amount of employer-sponsored group term life. However, employers should provide employees with access to individual life insurance.

BOSTON (September 20, 2022) – Today, John Hancock, the U.S. division of Toronto-based Manulife, announced it is offering access to...

--The companies of OneAmerica announce the expansion of their product portfolio to offer OneAmerica ® Variable Universal Life insurance. "We're excited to bring our unique VUL product to today's marketplace," said Dennis Martin, president of ILFS.. "We're excited to bring our unique VUL product to today's marketplace," said Dennis Martin, president of ILFS.

Paris, September 20, 2022 – Capgemini and Qorus’ inaugural World Life and Health Insurance Report, published today, reveals that customers consider insurers among the...

WASHINGTON – Associations representing life insurance companies and producers have proposed reforms to the producer licensing process that will remove...

The life insurance industry is facing significant headwinds, according to a S&P Global Ratings' analyst, but is strong enough financially to push through 2023.

—A federal jury on Friday convicted a former star of the St. Louis- based reality TV show“ Welcome to Sweetie Pie’ s” of arranging the shooting death of his nephew. Norman and his nephew, Andre Montgomery, both starred in the long-running OWN reality show about a popular soul-food business founded in the St. Louis area by Robbie Montgomery— Norman’ s mother and Andre’ s...

Norman, 43, is accused of orchestrating the 2016 murder of his 21- year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery, and then attempting to cash out up to $450,000 in a fraudulent life insurance policy he took out on Montgomery before he was killed. Norman and his nephew starred in "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's," a long-running OWN reality show about the popular soul food business...

An overview this week of current life insurance trends and what leading advisors are doing to maximize the use of life insurance for clients portrayed an industry radically changing to meet consumer needs.

New research from Lincoln Financial Group finds U.S. consumers surveyed are looking to better understand how to weather the current economic climate, yet few are taking action.

A new report, “Hispanic Americans: Life Insurance Ownership and Attitudes,” shows that while 6 in 10 Hispanic Americans do not have life insurance, more than half (51%) say they have a need.

Norman, 43, is accused of orchestrating the 2016 murder of his 21- year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery, and then attempting to cash out up to $450,000 in a fraudulent life insurance policy he took out on Montgomery before he was killed. Norman and his nephew starred in "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's," a long-running OWN reality show about the popular soul-food business...

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual announced today the launch of Long-Term Advantage, a new offering designed to help people...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (Sept. 6, 2022) — The 2023 MDRT Executive Committee takes on a global post-pandemic mission, as Peggy...

Sep. 13— Five Irish travelers in North Augusta's Murphy Village have been sued over an insurance fraud scheme that led to more than 50 guilty pleas in 2017.. American National Insurance Company filed suit in federal district court on Sept. 9 against Susan Gorman, Mary McNally, Mary Harrison, Jude Sherlock and Cathy Sherlock over life insurance policies obtained...

—A former star in a St. Louis- based“ Welcome to Sweetie Pie's” reality television shown testified Tuesday that he was not involved in the murder of his nephew. Norman, 43, told jurors that he helped his nephew move to St. Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery, The St.

U.S. District Court Judge John Ross also denied defense attorney Michael Leonard's motion to compel testimony from a convicted co-conspirator in the plot. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James Timothy "Tim" Norman, a co-owner of Sweetie Pie's soul food restaurants in the St. Louis area, arranged the 2016...

Forge attorneys said the decision was "key to his scheme's success" since Forge Consulting was a well-established and respected company that performed financial and fiduciary planning for attorneys and their clients. "This is one of the worst case of defamation and character assassination I've seen," said Pete Strom, a former U.S. Attorney and founder of The...

FBI agents said three of those phones were connected with Norman. FBI agents also said Norman lied to investigators about where he was when Montgomery was killed. He told them he was in California, but records from the pre-paid phones show him in the vicinity of Chase Park Plaza hotel around 4:00 p.m. and at a U.S. Bank off of Lindell Boulevard around 5:00 p.m..

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James Timothy "Tim" Norman, a co-owner of Sweetie Pie's soul food restaurants in the St. Louis area, took out a $450,000 life insurance policy in 2015 on his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., with Norman named as the sole beneficiary. In testimony Friday, FBI agents Bastian Freund and...

Terica Ellis told the jury about what happened before the death of Andre Montgomery Jr. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James Timothy "Tim" Norman, a co-owner of Sweetie Pie's soul food restaurants in the St. Louis area, took out a $450,000 life insurance policy in 2015 on his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., with...

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James Timothy "Tim" Norman, a co-owner of Sweetie Pie's soul food restaurants in the St. Louis area, took out a $450,000 life insurance policy in 2015 on his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., with Norman named as the sole beneficiary. Norman is the son of Robbie Montgomery, who founded...

—A murder-for-hire trial involving former stars of the reality TV show“ Welcome to Sweetie Pie's” got underway in St. Louis, where prosecutors allege that James“ Tim” Norman arranged his nephew's killing because he needed money from a life insurance policy that he took out on the victim. The series was based in a St. Louis- area restaurant owned by Robbie Montgomery,...

Frank Paul Tarasi, 36, worked as a life insurance agent through Daley Insurance Agency in Cedar Rapids. An investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division's Fraud Bureau started in May. Tarasi was arrested and had his first appearance Friday in Linn County District Court.

Indexed life insurance sales continued a strong pace during the second quarter, according to the Wink’s Sales & Market Report.

This year's campaign, which will be bilingual for the first time, aims to educate and remind Americans why life insurance is an easy decision for all individuals and families. 

Change may be inevitable, but by addressing the shift in goals that comes with change, we can help our clients be prepared to live their lives, knowing their goals can be met with your guidance along the way.

More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans say discussing end-of-life preparations with family/loved ones is important, but fewer than half (47%) have actually done so, according to survey data.

COVID-19 has created opportunities and prompted conversations that the industry should embrace to close the coverage gap and promote better outcomes for our customers.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 31, 2022) –  Finseca and NAILBA have officially merged and created NAILBA, a Finseca Community. On January 4, 2022,...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- M Financial Group, a leading financial services design and distribution company,...

—A South Carolina judge sided with prosecutors who asked him to put strict controls on how Alex Murdaugh's defense can review evidence before the disgraced lawyer's murder trial in the deaths of his wife and son. In the end, Circuit Judge Clifton Newman sided with prosecutors and their desire for the rules to make sure evidence isn't released until Murdaugh's...

Statement from Susan Estrich, spokesperson for Greg Lindberg:. In this case, the SEC added an even weaker case. So one day later, not so coincidentally, the SEC weighs in with its civil complaint after being shown millions of pages of documents to prove them wrong.

Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint in Durham federal court against Gregory E. Lindberg of Durham, Christopher Herwig of Raleigh and Standard Advisory Services Limited, based in Malta. His spokesperson said Tuesday that Lindberg will fight the“ false allegations” against him contained in the SEC complaint.

Money worries of middle-income Americans are translating into anxieties about insurance, including life insurance, according to the panel at a LinkedIn Live event yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA/CNW/ - In a recent research study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Equisoft, findings reveal that life insurance...

DALLAS – AUGUST 16, 2022 – Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of...

State Grand Jury issued more indictments against Murdaugh on Aug. 16, as well as indictments against alleged accomplices Spencer Anwan Roberts and Jerry K. Rivers. Four counts of obtaining signature or property by false pretenses value $10,000 or more. Two counts of money laundering value $20,000- $100,000.

The relationship of financial fitness to physical fitness is driving more relationships such as that between FinFIt Life and John Hancock Insurance.

The American Society of Association Executives recently announced the three recipients of the Individual Honors for Exceptional Leadership which are...

—Attorneys for disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh say prosecutors are taking too long to share their evidence alleging the disbarred attorney killed his wife and so n, unfairly making it tougher to defend him at his upcoming trial. Prosecutors shot back.“ This manufactured drama is just a well-known part of defense counsel’ s playbook, "the state...

Sammons® Financial Group, Inc. has named Tyler Brown to the role of director, Government Affairs. In this strategic role, Brown...

The overall life insurance illustration model regulation was an acrimonious process that took years before the NAIC adopted it in 1995.

HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C.- Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh has requested a stay in the wrongful death trial brought by the family of a 19- year-old girl who died when she was thrown from a boat allegedly being driven by a drunk and underaged Paul Murdaugh. His youngest son, Paul, was facing charges connected to the crash prior to his June 2021 murder.

WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 9, 2022 — Total new premium for individual life combination products increased 22% to $4.3 billion, compared with...

DALLAS – AUGUST 9, 2022 – Integrity Marketing Group announced it has acquired Richman Insurance Agency, an insurance marketing organization...

In a few short weeks, the life insurance industry will be participating in Life Insurance Awareness Month. LIAM, the public...

U.S. life insurance application activity declined in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with Year-over-Year (YOY) activity at -7.7%. When...

Prosecutors said the 67- year-old cashed in more than $4.8 million from nine life insurance policies with seven different life insurance companies by falsely claiming his wife Bianca Rudolph died accidentally on Oct. 11, 2016, while they both were on a hunting trip in Zambia. "The murder of Bianca Rudolph was not an easy case to investigate and prosecute, but it...

NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With student loan debt in the United States currently estimated to total...