While fee-based variable annuities were growing even prior to the announcement of the DOL fiduciary rule, and growth did slow in 2016, it still improved year over year.
Billions of dollars are leaking from 401(k) plans every year, but financial advisors can grab a metaphorical pipe wrench and stem the leak to protect workers retirements.
In the busy workplace, germs are often the last thing on employees minds, but it takes just four hours for germs to spread to surfaces in a workplace when only one employee is sick.
With all the focus on the tax reform bill and the repeal of the individual health insurance mandate, the Health Insurance Tax has slipped under the radar.
Selling is a difficult, scary job. And most would agree that prospecting is the most difficult, scariest part. That's why most producers come up with countless reasons to avoid it. But, that's not OK; you have to own the responsibility.
Two bipartisan measures designed to bring down Obamacare insurance premiums will be left out of a year-end spending bill after Republicans agreed with the party leaders to let debate slip into next month.