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Start 2025 off right by joining our Season 2 premier of Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens! 🔥 Market forces, product innovation and distribution strategies all influence the U.S. life insurance and annuity markets. Join Bryan Hodgens AIF®, senior vice president and head of LIMRA research, and John Carroll, senior vice president and head of Life & Annuities, as they discuss the factors LIMRA expects to have the greatest impact in 2025 and share LIMRA’s forecast on how the life insurance and annuity markets will perform. Tuesday, Jan. 7 2 p.m. ET In case you missed it, check out our previous episodes: Driving Growth By Improving Life Insurance Distribution Productivity with Boston Consulting Group (BCG): ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eafCYe6n Learn about a new study looking at how life insurers are measuring distribution productivity and the investments being made to advance its growth. Uncomplicating the Life Insurance Ownership Market Opportunity  ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5UGi69Q Hear about new life insurance ownership findings and what it means for our industry and your business strategy. U.S. Life Insurance — How Can the Industry Boost Sales Growth? ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euSNsRV7 Learn about the current sales trends, expectations for the immediate future, and what it will take to break the pattern and reach a broader audience of uninsured and underinsured consumers. #IndustryInsightsWithBryanHodgens #LifeInsurance #Annuities #IndustryTrends

As we reflect on an incredible year, we’re excited to bring you our “Best of 2024”✨! Explore our members’: ·        Top Research Picks 📈 ·        #MarketFacts' most-read articles 📰 ·        Most popular Webinars and Podcasts 🎧 Don’t miss this year’s highlights! Uncover the Best of 2024: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/enrqXKRu #BestOfTheBest #LIMRA #YearInReview #2025

The 2024 LIMRA Financial Wellness Index® results dropped 11% from 2022, which indicates that many workers are less confident in their financial well-being. Understanding the current state of financial wellness can help recordkeepers and other benefits service providers develop holistic solutions to help plan sponsor better support their employees financially, physically and emotionally. Discover the current state of financial wellness: https://ow.ly/xL9M50Umzf0 #FinancialWellness #NewYear #FinancialSecurity

Why are pension risk transfer sales on the rise? According to Keith Golembiewski, assistant vice president, head of LIMRA Annuity Research, higher interest rates are driving companies to de-risk their pension liabilities to annuity providers. In fact, carriers reported the largest number of contracts ever sold in the first nine months of the year, $39.9 billion (up 21% from last year). At LIMRA, we expect this trend to continue. You can read the entire story and view breakouts of pension buy-out and buy-in sales. ➡️LIMRA: U.S. Single-Premium Pension Risk Transfer Sales Soar 36% to $14.2 billion in the Third Quarter 2024 https://ow.ly/oSOX50UomGo #PRTsales #FinancialServices #Pensions #Annuities

We’re hosting a webinar that will inspire you to rethink how you approach customer experience✨. You’ll hear how Prudential made big changes that boosted loyalty, simplified processes, and built a culture obsessed with serving customers. If you’re looking for practical ideas to drive growth, this is the session for you. Jan. 14, 2025 1 – 2 p.m. ➡️Register today: https://ow.ly/buRg50Umwtk #CustomerExperience #CXJourney #Webinar

Term life insurance sales have steadily increased over the past 10 years and were 25% higher in 2023 than they were at the beginning of the decade. Karen Terry, assistant vice president and director, Nancy Moussa, associate director, LIMRA Insurance Product Research, describe how advisors can continue to succeed with term life, especially among younger consumers. #LifeInsurance #Sales #MarketFacts

We had an excellent first season of our LinkedIn Live Series: Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens AIF®. Thank you for consistently supporting our show. #ICYMI, you can watch all previous episodes right here on LinkedIn. November 19 – Watch Bryan and David Cockerill (Boston Consulting Group (BCG)) discuss a new LIMRA study on how life insurers are making investments to improve distribution productivity. https://lnkd.in/eafCYe6n October 16 – Watch Bryan and Todd A. Silverhart (LIMRA) discuss initial findings of the upcoming Life Insurance Ownership Study. https://lnkd.in/e5UGi69Q September 24 – Byran is joined by Karen Terry (LIMRA) to discuss the current sales trends, expectations for the immediate future, and what it will take to break the pattern and reach a broader audience of uninsured and underinsured consumers. https://lnkd.in/euSNsRV7 Do you have any suggestions for possible topics? Let us know in the comments! #IndustryInsightsWithBryanHodgens #LifeInsurance #Annuities #WorkplaceBenefits #FinancialServices #ThoughtLeadership

Hiring top talent in our increasingly competitive market can be a challenge for organizations, especially when they want people who have the necessary skills to achieve in their role. Our RightChoice system offers a variety of assessments for field candidates, creating a positive experience for your candidates and hiring managers while identifying successful talent. ➡️Learn more about our RightChoice assessments today: https://ow.ly/eKFi50UlZF2 #RightChoiceSystem #Assessments #Hiring #Recruiting #TalentManagement

LIMRA and LOMA Chief Information Officer, Kartik Sakthivel, Ph.D., illustrates how the future of the insurance business is being reshaped by artificial intelligence. As Kartik explains, AI has transformational potential, from enhanced client experiences to streamlined administrative operations. Read more about how insurance advisors can begin to best use AI tools. ➡️InsuranceNewsNet: The transformational potential of AI for advisors https://ow.ly/ijX950UlN1v What are your thoughts on AI integration in our industry? #LifeInsurance #AIinFinance #ClientExperience #InsurTech

🔔Just in: Total new annualized premium jumped 6% to $3.9 billion in the third quarter 2024, according to LIMRA’s third quarter 2024 retail individual life insurance sales survey. 2024 could mark the fourth year of record-high new premium for the life insurance industry. ➡️LIMRA: Retail Life Insurance New Premium on Pace to Notch Another Record Year: https://ow.ly/FrOF50UlHOQ #LifeInsurance #Sales #FinancialServices