To Our Valued Readers,

The events that have taken place in the financial markets over the last several weeks have been unprecedented. They have the potential to force major changes in the insurance and financial services industries in the United States and worldwide.

These changes are just the latest in an ever increasing series of breaking news that can have a major impact on you, your practice and your clients’ needs. Our industry is becoming even more dynamic, with changes happening at a much more rapid pace than ever before. To stay on top of these potential changes, you as a producer have to stay current on regulation, legislation, SEC rulings, FINRA actions, IRS rulings and much more….both at the federal and state level.

For the past 112 years, National Underwriter has been committed to keeping our readers informed with the latest industry news. Now, these tumultuous times demand that we evolve our service to meet your need to get the news as it happens and help put it into perspective. Beginning immediately, we are refocusing our substantial resources, which include the largest, most experienced staff of professional editors covering the life & health insurance industry, in the following ways:

·         Identifying for you the most important life & health news every business day. This daily e-news will be delivered directly to your mailbox every morning, with alerts during the day as important news breaks.

·         Providing you with analysis of what this news means and giving you additional perspective on how to use it in your business. This will be delivered to you through the print publication, now on a bi-weekly schedule.

·         Our website, www.lifeandhealthinsurancenews.com will be updated every day and will serve as a central repository for industry data, special web exclusive articles and the largest collection of archived information on the life & health industry.

·         Monthly newsletters have been designed to keep you abreast of the latest trends and developments in four specialty markets; Income Planning, Annuities, Long Term Care and Life Settlements.

We at National Underwriter are committed to helping you, our reader, navigate successfully through these unprecedented times. That is why we are introducing this new, optimized delivery system at this important time in our industry. But to take full advantage of it, you have to get plugged in and that’s easy. Visit www.lifeandhealthinsurancenews.com/plugmein and sign up today.   

Roscoe Smith

Publisher