by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 22, 2024 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement
CNO Financial Group (parent company of Bankers Life & Casualty, Washington National, and Colonial Penn) reported 2nd quarter 2024 Medicare Supplement sales of $7.8 million, 12% lower than sales in 2nd quarter 2023. For the past 12 months CNO Financial Group...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 22, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance
Individual life insurance new annualized premium totaled $3.97 billion in the second quarter, level with prior-year results, according to LIMRA’s preliminary U.S. Life Insurance Sales Survey. Policy count was flat for the quarter. Year to date, new premium totaled...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 20, 2024 | Insurance Industry
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with Comprehensive Benefits, an independent marketing organization based in St. Louis,...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Supplement
Insurance companies that operate in the brokerage Medicare Supplement market typically offer per policy bonuses to encourage agents to sell their products. These bonuses generally vary by underwriting type and reward agents for writing the types of business that fit...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 15, 2024 | Insurance Industry
Sales of annuities, the once largely disparaged investment instrument, have been off the charts for the last several years. Consumers, mostly retirees or those close to retiring, have turned to annuities in record numbers, fueled by the seemingly reassuring financial...