Half of New Critical Illness Insurance Policies Cover $20,000 or Less
More than half (53 percent) of women purchasing individual critical illness insurance policies last year opted for coverage equal to $20,000 or less. Among men, some 49 percent purchased that amount...
View ArticleNew Report Examines What Consumers Really Pay for Long-Term Care Insurance
One fourth (27.8%) of individuals purchasing long-term care insurance during the first half of 2010 who were under age 61 pay less than $1,000 a year according to a report issued by the American...
View Article2011 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index Published
Study Finds Comparable Coverage Today Varies by More than 40 Percent A 55-year-old couple purchasing long-term care insurance protection can expect to pay $2,350-per-year (combined) for about $338,000...
View ArticleLooking for Revenue? ICMG Study Finds Value in Forging Strategic Insurance...
Strategic alliances have been around for a long time in the insurance industry. But today, they’re in an altogether new phase of growth. According to a recent industry sample taken by the Inter-Company...
View ArticleAmericans Undervaluing the Importance of Their Paychecks
LIFE Urges Americans to Protect Their Paychecks with Disability Insurance – Launches www.ProtectYourPaycheck.org Arlington, Va. – Most people’s plans for the future – from buying a home to paying their...
View ArticleInter-Company Marketing Group (ICMG) Shifts Annual Meeting to Feb. 1–3, 2012
ASHBURN, VA (May 18, 2011) — The Inter-Company Marketing Group (ICMG), the trade association devoted to fostering strategic alliances in the insurance and financial services marketplace, announced that...
View ArticleMDRT 2011 Annual Meeting Brings More Than 5,500 Members Together to Learn,...
Key Messages: More than 5,500 gather at the MDRT Annual Meeting to learn new skills, collaborate and give back to those in need.MDRT members attended 15 main platform presentations and 46 focus...
View ArticleMDRT Foundation Raises $176,000 to Support Global Grant Programs, Awards...
1,000 Pairs of Shoes Distributed at Atlanta MissionKey Messages: MDRT Foundation raised a total of USD $176,000, of which USD $75,000 and more than 3,500 pairs of shoes awarded to international shoe...
View ArticleAgent/Broker Acquisition Appetite Healthy, Reagan Consulting Report Says
Continuing Demand for Deals Predicted Into 2012 The independent agent and broker channel’s most prolific buyers predict a strong ongoing appetite for acquisitions through 2012, according to a new...
View ArticleMDRT Survey Reveals “Honesty” and “Trustworthiness” as Most Important Traits...
2011 MDRT Financial Harmony Index Score: 66 Key Messages: The MDRT Financial Harmony Study surveyed U.S. consumers and financial advisors to measure perceptions and attitudes between consumers of...
View ArticleSpeaking with Success
Public speaking is perhaps one of the most overlooked tools in your marketing toolkit. Indeed, when most agents think about public speaking, what usually comes to mind is an annuity producer hosting a...
View ArticleAnswering the Call of the Annuity
Annuity. Ask many investors — or advisors, for that matter — what an annuity is and you’ll typically get the list of limitations these products have. This is, in my humble opinion, due to the fact...
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