Analysis

Quality service is a client's minimum expectation.

Brokers produced a 16% leap in sales last year, exceeding their pre-pandemic numbers and the strong 2021 industry average growth of 11.3%.

While Biden's plan to forgive a portion of student loans will reduce the burden for millions of households, it also pegs January as the end to the forbearance period.

With inflation rampant in the U.S., American businesses need to step up and provide better and more affordable health care to all employees. Brokers can help.

As more employers have difficulty filling police, fire, corrections, health care and other positions, more than 20% are offering permanent pay increases, and 19% offer targeted hiring bonuses.

President Joe Biden has pointed to declining gas prices as a sign that his policies are helping lessen the higher costs that have hurt household finances.

But potential clients' low trust may lead to avoidance—a hurdle the financial services industry must overcome.

With some cyber insurance companies closing up shop, premiums are likely to spike, and insurers will become more demanding.