Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. “The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken,” wrote Argentinian poet Antonio Porchia. This is especially ...

If you're a captive agent and you've been thinking about going independent, you're not alone. Many agents in the business with moderate success often get that itch for more control, better commissions ...

We’ve all seen the wealth management industry barrel toward independence in recent years as more and more wirehouse advisors lose patience for conflicts of interest, reject constraints on product ...

Insurers, whose efforts to enter banking had been spotty at best, showed real signs of progress last year -- with the biggest successes coming from companies that used a captive sales force. State ...

The new Department of Labor fiduciary proposal is nearly 500 pages and has a lot of details. But the biggest fight is going to come down to how agents are regulated – and that goes for both ...

Nationwide’s plan to cut loose 2,000 captive agents means the mutual will be selling its annuities through independents along with other institutional channels. Nationwide said this week it plans to ...

Life insurance agents who are limited to selling proprietary products may find it difficult to meet a fiduciary standard as it is being defined by a task force helmed by a fiduciary advocate. The ...

In the world of insurance, it can be a dog eat dog world. More and more insurance carriers are moving from a captive agent model, where sales representatives are on the company payroll, to independent ...

Finding the right car insurance can seem overwhelming. One way to navigate this complexity is by talking with an independent insurance agent. These agents are licensed to sell insurance products from ...

Is it time to fire your insurance agent or broker? "If they're not serving you, helping you and giving you good guidance, you should break up with them," says Amy Bach, executive director of United ...

A federal judge has allowed a pair of complaints to proceed in a lawsuit against The Allstate Corp. brought by a 28-year veteran agent who claims he was muscled out of his book of business and ...