Description: The author reviews trends in the advisor marketplace, a broader view than just traditional life insurance agents. He encourages life insurance companies to understand these trends to assure success in the future.

Description: Discussion of what bank holding companies earned in insurance brokerage fee income in 2008.

Description: Discussion of the business qualities of a good product manager.

Description: This article discusses the issues of meeting the life insurance needs of the middle market.

Description: Feature article with the one main goal of trying to help actuaries to better see some of the changes that will be needed by their organizations during the coming decade. The author urges us to look for new ways to apply the old rules.

Description: Chairperson’s column describing the benefits of being a member of the Marketing and Distribution Section and encouraging members to get involved.

Description: This article provides an update on Department of Labor's fiduciary regulation for retirement plans/investors focusing on a July 2017 request for information.

Description: This article is a summary of interviews that were conducted with independent life insurance agents earlier this summer that describes their thoughts on the changes, challenges, and outlooks on selling life insurance during the COVID pandemic.

Description: As part of the SOA’s July 22, 2020, COVID-19 Virtual Symposium, Marketing and Distribution (MaD) Section Council members presented “Selling Insurance Six Feet Apart” with insight into emerging sales and marketing processes, challenges, and opportunities for the product spaces noted

Description: The OASDI from a Canadian Perspective Review by Bernard Dussault of the 2000 Trustees Report on the OASDI from The Pension Forum, December 2000, Volume 12, Issue No. 1.