Insurance

Advisor Upside

Secondary Market for Life Insurance Merits Second Look From Advisors

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About 3,000 life insurance policies are settled annually in the US, but that number could increase 10-fold.

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Retirement Upside

LPL Lawsuit Raises Questions About Annuity Monitoring

However the lawsuit shakes out, many retirement experts think advisors should be monitoring policies they’ve sold in the past.

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Advisor Upside

Can Life Insurance Premiums Really Replace Fixed Income in Portfolios?

The plans offer lifelong protection with a cash value component that can provide liquidity along the way.

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Finance

Berkshire’s Annual Meeting Shines Spotlight on Buffett Successor Greg Abel

Class B shares of the company have lagged the S&P 500 by 37 percentage points in the past 12 months, the worst such stretch since 2000.

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Healthcare

UnitedHealth Provides Painful 2025 Prognosis Amid Spiraling Treatment Costs

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Staffing shortages, rising prescription drug use, and costly new therapies have driven inflation in the medical sector.

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Real Estate

LA Wildfires Exacerbate California’s Insurance Crisis

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California was already contending with a home insurance crisis due to unpredictable weather events. Then came this week’s fires.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Make People ‘Uninsurable,’ Financial Regulator Warns

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The insurance industry needs to be careful when using AI, or else AI black boxes could render consumers uninsurable without any explanation.

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Autos

Tens of Thousands of Yellow Cabs in Jeopardy as NYC’s Biggest Taxi Insurer is Insolvent

American Transit Insurance Company (ATIC) insures over 60% of 117,000 taxis and for-hire vehicles. And it’s insolvent.

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