Employee Benefits

In the midst of ongoing upheaval in the country’s health care system, here are three more changes life-health agents see coming down the pike.

What do the “greying” of America and autonomous vehicles have in common? Together, they are conspiring to kill your personal lines book.

Life insurance is sometimes portrayed as a “set it and forget it” type of investment, but the reality is that there are a variety of variables that can change along the way.

Aflac’s latest expansion of its group disability product continues the company’s ongoing strategy of offering relevant products by partnering with a turnkey reinsurer for support and expertise in underwriting and administration.

More than half of long-term care insurance claims begin in the home, compared to only 28.2% that commence in a nursing home, according to a recent analysis.

The product is easy to understand and aims to help ease the financial impact of supplemental health care costs by combining accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness coverage.

In recent years, a low interest rate and higher capital requirements have presented interesting challenges for creating low-priced, high-quality life insurance products.

Although the property-casualty and health insurance sectors have rushed to embrace the benefits of big data and predictive modeling, life insurers are lagging far behind.

Scot Solberg, who will take the reins of his family agency this summer, credits strong community relationships for the opportunity to leverage the aftermath of the Affordable Care Act.

Aflac’s new group whole life product includes greater plan maximums and gives customers the opportunity to build cash value and accumulate savings. The group term life product offers a combination of employer-paid, supplemental buy-up and voluntary covera