Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

Life insurance[1] and annuity products[2] are experiencing rising demand as a combination of market and demographic trends push more financial advisors, insurance brokers and bankers to talk to their ...

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In my article “Life Insurance Policy Themes for 2023,” I suggested a tweak in what I called the “discourse” among agents and others in the life insurance business. The tweak was to talk less about why ...

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BenaVest expands Colonial Life ancillary and voluntary benefits contracting access for agents nationwide in 2026.

I’m hearing more these days about agents encountering reluctance among prospects to meet and clients to move forward with planning and purchasing life insurance. Whether in the middle market or ...