- The Big Financial Planning Opportunities for A Knowledgeable Women’s Market
Advancing retirement literacy... and a desire to build a financially secure future
According to the latest Women’s Retirement Literacy Report from The American College of Financial Services, four out of five (82%) older American women report having a plan for retirement income. Yet the results reveal a staggering gap between women with an idea about retirement income options and the ones who have a formal, written retirement…
read more - Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty for 2021
Still, the U.S. stock market continues to power through
In a new year already marked by political turmoil and a worsening global pandemic, uncertainty rules. Amid vaccine rollouts and economic stimulus measures in many developed nations, high hopes for 2021 are counterbalanced by continued virus spread, lockdowns and elevated unemployment in affected industries. Despite this, the US stock market powered through to end 2020…
read more - Our Year of Opportunity
After disruption comes the opportunity for refocus and reinvention
The Workforce Institute at UKG today released its annual predictions of the top trends that will impact the global workforce in 2021.
read more - Majority of Americans Plan to Spend Stimulus Check on Household Bills
...But how far will $600 go?
doxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released new doxoINSIGHTS survey data that looks at consumer sentiment toward the U.S. government’s $600 stimulus checks. With more than half of all Americans believing that they will receive a stimulus check, the latest doxoINSIGHTS survey shows that the majority of Americans (59%) plan to…
read more - Mindset of Affluent Investors Links Customer Experience to Future Loyalty to Financial Firms
Investors showing investor loyalty is tenuous based on portfolio performance and advisor behavior
InMoment®, the leading provider of Experience Improvement (XI)™ solutions, announced new research of affluent U.S. investors showing investor loyalty is tenuous based on portfolio performance and advisor behavior. However, attitudes about investing and risk have remained steady during the pandemic. Financial firms interested in adopting experience improvement guidance from InMoment can proactively address these client…
read more - Allianz Begins Eight-Year Worldwide Olympic & Paralympic Partnership
Launches partnership in the United States, announces sponsorship of Paralympian Matt “The Armless Archer” Stutzman
Allianz SE, parent company of U.S.-based Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life), Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz Partners and Euler Hermes, officially began its eight-year worldwide partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Movements on Jan. 1, building on a collaboration with the Paralympic Movement that began in 2006. As the…
read more - Deficits in Financial Literacy Cost Americans $415 Billion in 2020
Does lacking knowledge affect a person's bottom line?
Lack of financial knowledge and education can have a powerful impact on individuals' personal finances. Recently, however, the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) sought to discover whether lacking knowledge affected a person's bottom line.
read more - Data & Risk Research: Out With The Old
How do we upgrade what many feel are obsolete actuarial and morbidity data?
The global insurance industry provides the critically important service of managing risk and restoring losses via indemnity when unexpected events occur. While the entire world is fully embracing emerging AI technology and other innovations that greatly improve informational exchanges, the insurance industry continues to rely on obsolete actuarial and morbidity tables created decades ago.
read more - U.S. Life Insurance Activity hits Record Growth in 2020
Growth driven by ages 0-59
U.S. life insurance application activity ended 2020 up +4.0, the highest annual year over year growth rate on record, according to the year-end MIB Life Index. December 2020 was up 3.7% over December 2019, the highest YOY growth rate for the month of December since 2011.
read more - Why Do People Spend the Way They Do in Retirement?
While largely happy, there’s a clear and potentially growing divide between haves and have nots
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)’s Spending in Retirement Survey finds that most people are happy in retirement despite wishing they saved more, but there is a clear and growing divide between retirement haves and have nots.
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