One way for agents to survive in this new political climate is to focus on educating the client -- and right now is perfect.

The success of health care reform, whether or not it's the ACA or a replacement, depends on dealing with 3 crucial issues: how much coverage costs, how good is the coverage, and how well people can access it.

Despite a slight drop in the fourth quarter last year, industry-wide annuity sales reached $229.4 billion.

Record sales in indexed annuities and income annuities drive growth.

According to a LIMRA study, Jackson National Life Insurance Company sold $23.2 billion of total annuities in 2013.