A Nationwide Retirement survey found that 40% of workers plan to postpone their retirement, twice as many as a year ago. The survey also found that fewer people are confident in their retirement plans, with 58% saying they feel confident, down from 72% last year.

Full Story: InsuranceNewsNet Magazine (11/15) 

During a recent conference, LIMRA President and CEO David Levenson shared survey results illustrating trends in the life insurance sector, including declining post-pandemic sales and the rising average age of insurance producers. "One of the challenges that we continue to have as an industry, and I think it's really acute right now, is how do we get younger folks just out of college to join, especially on the distribution side," Levenson noted.

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Talking with female clients about their long-term-care needs and preferences is important, writes Carla Urbaszewski of Global Atlantic. Women tend to live longer than men and have fewer savings, which makes having a plan for how to pay for long-term care crucial, Urbaszewski writes.

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Millennials, Gen Z to seek ESG investing alternatives

Ethically minded millennials and members of Generation Z are likely to become increasingly skeptical of traditional environmental, social and corporate governance investments, writes Tanja Hester. She discusses five trends she sees emerging as alternatives to traditional ESG investing, including more direct indexing options and more interest in philanthropy.

Full Story: Financial Planning (6/13) 

Labor Dept. agenda points to Dec. for new fiduciary rule

A newly released regulatory agenda from the Department of Labor suggests that a fiduciary rule could be forthcoming in December, although the timing could change. "I interpret that [regulatory agenda] as meaning in the future, but still on the agenda," said attorney Fred Reish.

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Survey: Retirement savers see value of professional help

Investors who work with financial professionals are more likely to say that they are saving enough in retirement accounts, have a strategy to deal with inflation and have an income plan for retirement, according to an Allianz Life survey. Client needs differ by life stage, with retirees more focused on maximizing returns and pre-retirees more concerned with ensuring their children's financial security.

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CEOs have six key high-level duties involving purpose, alignment, stakeholders and their personal effectiveness, writes McKinsey senior partner Scott Keller. "This is actually quite a liberating idea, because being great at being the CEO does not mean you have to be great at any one thing -- you just need to be great at managing across them," Keller writes.

Full Story: Next Big Idea Club Magazine (3/21) 

Withdrawals from cryptocurrency investment products and funds totaled $47 million for the week ending March 18, following $110 million in outflows in the previous week, according to data from CoinShares. Bitcoin was the biggest loser, with $103 million in outflows over two weeks, but digital asset fund manager Mikkel Morch called the retracement healthy and said it "shouldn't be viewed as a negative reaction to any particular piece of geopolitical or macro news."

Full Story: Reuters (3/21) 

People planning for retirement should not underestimate the effects of inflation, writes advisor Kenneth Van Leeuwen. He recommends advisors help clients create a flexible plan that accounts for an extended period of inflation and urge them to consider purchasing a long-term care insurance policy.

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This slideshow highlights six bills that have been proposed by members of the House of Representatives that would affect long-term care. Among them are a bill to allow some long-term care expenses to be paid using health savings accounts and another that would allow up to $2,500 in tax-exempt retirement distributions to go toward long-term care insurance annually.

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