Business Updates 

Important news and updates from insurance carriers, financial institutions and solution providers for brokerage professionals and agencies. Please send any announcements, press releases, etc. (for review by NAILBA) HERE.

Association & Industry Media

• Rhonda Farmer to Lead AmeriLife Operations Transformation
• Insurance Technologies, LLC, Announces the Integration of FireLight® and RightBRIDGE® Annuity Wizard 
• Industry Veteran Mike Ebmeier Joins Simplicity Group as EVP to Grow Strategic Distribution
• Protective Launches Variable Annuities Product Enhancements
• Newsweek Names Pacific Life a 2021 Best Customer Service Company
• Genworth Plans for Return to Long-Term Care Insurance Sales
• Principal Financial Group Announces First Quarter 2021 Results
• Insurance Technologies Announces IXN’s Agency Life Quoter Embedded in the FireLight® Sales Platform
• Simplicity Group and F&G Life Launch “ExecuDex”, Bringing InstApproval and Funding Bonus to Consumers
• Signal Advisors Raises $16M for Advisor Platform
• N.Y. Supreme Court Overturns Sales Regulations On Annuities And Insurance
• Magnifact announces issuance of a new U.S. Patent for its AgentVizion Platform
• Insurance Technologies, LLC, announces the acquisition of IXN
• Sammons Financial Group Advances Digital Transformation Initiatives with iPipeline
• Nationwide names Frank Spencer new Life Sales Distribution leader
• Insurance Brokers Incorporated (IBI) Welcomes GAINSCO as a Carrier Partner
• Catholic Order of Foresters Modernizes with WELIS Ascent Illustration System
• OneAmerica® Teams with iHR® to Service Employee Benefits Clients
• Management Research Services Announces The Addition Of Outsourced Underwriting Services
• John Kennedy Named President Of Lincoln Financial Distributors
• MassMutual acquires Blueprint Income
• Genworth Financial terminates merger deal with China-based company after four years of delays
• Integrity Acquires Brokers International -- An Iconic Leader in Life, Annuities and Wealth Planning