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Best of 2024

A Year of Insights and Connections

Whether you’re catching up or revisiting favorites, dive into members’ top research picks, explore MarketFacts’ most-read articles, and reconnect with our industry leaders through our most popular webinars and podcasts.

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Research

Life Research

2024 Insurance Barometer Study

The Insurance Barometer is an annual study that tracks the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of adult consumers in the United States, with a particular focus on life insurance.

Executive Insights Into Life Insurance Productivity 2024

Explore the investments and strategies executives are prioritizing to drive distribution productivity in life insurance amidst changing market dynamics.

Inflation Impact: Perception and Reality in Life Sales Data

A Shifting Market: Understanding the changes and challenges.

Inside the Intermediary 3.0: A LIMRA-NAILBA Study – BGA and IMO Survey Results

LIMRA and NAILBA conducted the third annual study to learn more about BGAs and IMOs.

U.S. Individual Life Insurance Yearbook

Read the most comprehensive overview of the U.S. individual life insurance market. This includes how consumers feel about the amount of coverage they have and their reasons for owning or not owning.

Annuities Research

Retail Advisors Series

Highlighting the practices, activities, and attitudes of advisors across affiliation and other characteristics, this series explores key findings on how advisors position annuities and provide retirement income planning to their clients. New content!

Powering Forward: In-Plan Annuities Gain Momentum

In-plan annuities are seeing an uptick in adoption as a growing number of workers have limited access to traditional defined benefit (DB) pensions.

Retirement Investors Series

Explore the perceptions, attitudes, behavior, and financial conditions of retirees and non-retired workers as they navigate the retirement journey.

The Retail Retirement Reference Guide — Sixth Edition

The Retail Retirement Reference Guide (Sixth Edition) provides a wealth of facts and insights at your fingertips.

U.S. Individual Annuity Yearbook

How did sales of individual annuities fare in 2023? Read the most comprehensive overview and gain insights to the key factors impacting the individual annuity market.

Workplace Benefits Research

Employee Insights Series

New to the series! A Closer Look: Exploring Employee Perspectives on Benefits and the Workplace provides a high level overview of the 2024 BEAT Study: Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker.

Harnessing Growth

Explore the series on the LIMRA and EY Harnessing Growth and Seizing Opportunity: 2023 Workforce Benefits Study that addresses key predictions for the coming years.

Digital Transformation in Workplace Benefits

How are U.S. workplace benefits carriers investing in digital transformation?

Financial Wellness

Explore critical insights on improving consumer financial health and the importance of comprehensive wellness programs that address multiple aspects of consumers' lives

U.S. Workplace Benefits Yearbook

Read the most comprehensive overview of the U.S. workplace benefits market, including sales and in-force results and historical trends.

Hot Topic

Artificial Intelligence

Stay up to date on valuable topics related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the insurance and financial services industry.

Webinars & Podcasts

Most Popular

On Demand

Securing the Future: A Generational Shift Is Underway

7/17/2024, 2 - 3 p.m. EDT

On-Demand Webinar — New data from the 2024 Insurance Barometer Study, from LIMRA and Life Happens, suggest that life insurance ownership remained steady with half of Americans reporting they have coverage.

Generative AI: Five Key Trends for Insurers to Get Ahead in 2024

4/30/2024, 2 - 3 p.m. ET

Generative AI (GenAI) wave arrived and, in the insurance industry, that arrival was characterized by questions of what, how, and when the inevitable changes would manifest. Learn about five GenAI trends that impact the industry this year.

Opportunities Unfold: Exploring Employee Perspectives on Benefits and the Workplace

10/2/2024, 1 - 1:45 p.m. EDT

On-Demand Webinar - LIMRA's BEAT (Benefits and Employee Attitude Tracker) Study monitors employee views and attitudes toward employment in general and workplace benefits in particular. Join us as we uncover and highlight insights from the 2024 study.

Insider Insights Podcast: Navigating AI — Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Imperatives

Aug 26, 2024

In this episode of the Insider Insights podcast, Kartik Sakthivel, Chief Information Officer, LIMRA and LOMA, and John Keddy, LazarusAI, provide insights into the challenges and imperatives of AI in the insurance industry.

LinkedIn LIVE: Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens — U.S. Life Insurance - How Can the Industry Boost Sales Growth?

9/24/2024, 11 - 11:30 a.m. ET

9/24/24 — This month, Bryan Hodgens, senior vice president and head of LIMRA Research, and Karen Terry, assistant vice president and director of LIMRA Insurance Product Research, will discuss the current sales trends, expectations for the immediate future, and what it will take to break the pattern and reach a broader audience of uninsured and underinsured consumers.

LinkedIn LIVE: Industry Insights With Bryan Hodgens — How Do We Build on the Record-High Annuity Sales Momentum?

8/28/2024, 2 - 2:30 p.m. ET

8/28/24 — This month, Bryan Hodgens, senior vice president and head of LIMRA Research, and Keith Golembiewski, assistant vice president and head of LIMRA Annuity Research, will discuss the current sales trends, expectations for the immediate future, and what it will take to continue to grow the annuity market in the years to come.

MarketFacts

Most Read Articles

Why Fixed-Rate Deferred Annuity Sales Skyrocketed

Over the past couple of years, fixed-rate deferred (FRD) annuities experienced record-breaking sales. Discover the primary drivers for their growth and what future forecasts predict.

RILAs: Flagship Annuity Product for the Future

Registered index-linked annuity sales have been surpassing traditional variable annuity sales. What is it about this product line that is driving sales, and will this trend continue?

Whole Life Insurance: Emerging Challenges in 2024

Whole life insurance has enjoyed more than a decade of dominance, but the market is shifting. How are carriers adapting to new market realities?

How GenAI Is Changing the Life Insurance Landscape

Generative AI is here to stay, and carriers are taking steps to build a genAI-enabled future. See what CEOs across the globe are doing to get the most from genAI.

Wholesalers: Positioning for Success

Wholesaling is very competitive. What are the key drivers of success for wholesalers, and what service elements do financial professionals value most?

Life Insurers Embrace Shift to Wealth Management

Life insurers are now selling not only life insurance but also investment products. What’s driving this trend, and what are the long-term impacts?

Advisors Weigh In: How to Increase Annuity Sales

Although annuity sales reached record highs in the last two years, investment advisor representatives who work for RIA firms sell few annuities. Read on to understand why.

Benefits Challenge: Bridging The Workplace Coverage Gap

Workforce benefits are critical to employers’ value propositions — just as workforce benefits are vital to employees' well-being. But is the industry meeting their needs?

Beyond the Basics: Benefits for Today’s Workforce

Today’s diverse workforce requires new, modern employee benefits to meet their nontraditional needs. Read on to learn more.

DC Professionals: Income in Workplace Retirement Plans

LIMRA recently surveyed professionals who are engaged in developing and selling DC plans about how to use these plans to generate retirement income. See what they had to say.

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