Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

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In my article “Life Insurance Policy Themes for 2023,” I suggested a tweak in what I called the “discourse” among agents and others in the life insurance business. The tweak was to talk less about why ...

Only a few years ago, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the life and annuity insurance industry believed that the direct-to-consumer channel would be a salvation — and that agents would ...

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I’m hearing more these days about agents encountering reluctance among prospects to meet and clients to move forward with planning and purchasing life insurance. Whether in the middle market or ...

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The legal and regulatory scheme is set up in favor of life insurance companies to the detriment of the agents and customers. The imbalance of duties imposed upon a life insurance agent in the sale of ...