April 19-- Apr. 19-- Since his playing days ended 12 years ago, Colin Young had settled into a comfortable retirement. The former Pentucket High and Fordham University baseball star, who went on to enjoy a nine-year professional career in the minors, was now spending his days working as an insurance salesman in Texas. Young got a call from the Padres the next day while... The post Liberty Mutual Agent Gets Called To The Big Leagues appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

Within the last decade, the industry has striven to make e-delivery the standard. Protective Life began offering it in 2008, with most other insurers quickly following suit. But customers and demanding more efficiency and services all the time. Here are a few tips to improve e-delivery. The post Let’s Talk About Better E-Policy Delivery appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

Regulation 187 is set to go into effect on August 1, 2019, for annuity transactions and February 1, 2020, for life insurance transactions in the state of New York. After researching the regulation and having conversations with staff from the New York State Department of Financial Services and various carrier partners, Valmark concluded that it is ready to work... The post Valmark Says Its Life Sales Tools Are Ready For New York Regulations appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

The appraisal of remaining term insurance as potential life settlement opportunities is an emerging trend. Concurrently, many of the agents who could have life settlement opportunities are unaware of life settlement due to a lack of education from their upline. The post Don’t Send Remaining Term Life Insurance To The Scrapyard appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

Kemper Corporation announced that Cheryl Kingsfield Neal has joined the company as President of Kemper Life, effective today. Prior to that, she held multiple roles at Liberty Mutual Insurance including Executive Vice President and General Manager of Liberty Mutual Benefits, and President of Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston. The post Kemper Appoints Cheryl Kingsfield Neal as President of Kemper Life appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

From the day Coral Gables nurse Debra Clark was discovered strangled, beaten and shot inside her townhome, police had focused on one chief suspect: Allen Bregman, her older, married lover. Bregman, who was convicted Friday, immediately filed a life insurance claim on Clark. The post Life Insurance At Center Of 1977 Murder Of Miami Nurse appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

U.S. life insurance application activity slowed down in March, largely because young people did not buy. Overall activity fell 4.9% year over year, according to the MIB Life Index. Part of the decline is attributable to March 2018 being such a good month, MIB explained. The post U.S. Life Insurance Activity Stumbles In March, MIB Reports appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

Entrepreneur Greg Lindberg was indicted last week in what federal prosecutors said was a plot to bribe state insurance commissioner Mike Causey. Days later, Lindberg-owned Global Bankers Insurance Group said it is pursuing buyers for its U.S. life insurance companies. The post Big Money Donor Greg Lindberg In­dicted; Insurance Firms In Flux appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

Lawyers for a Montreal man convicted of stabbing a police officer at an airport in Flint, Michigan, have asked the judge to sentence him to 25 years in prison. Amor Ftouhi was convicted in November on several charges in the June 2017 attack. He could face life in prison, but in a Thursday court filing, his attorneys asked that he be sentenced to 25 years and that he should spend that time in solitary confinement. The post Attorneys Seek 25 Years For Michigan Man In Stabbing For Life Insurance appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]

(FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 11, 2019) – The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) and the National Association... The post NAIFA, NAILBA Partnering On Initiatives appeared first on InsuranceNewsNet. […]