Fiduciary Rule Tops The 25 Most-Read Articles

January 12, 2016 by John Hilton

The insurance world generated plenty of news in 2015 – from new and proposed regulations to mergers and acquisitions to cybersecurity concerns.

All of the above generated InsuranceNewsNet stories that dominated the website. Most of these issues will continue generating news in 2016. 

To get you started on the new year’s news, here are the stories that you made InsuranceNewsNet’s top 25 of 2015:

1. DOL May Classify Indexed Annuities Same As Variable in New Rule
2. UnitedHealth Might Pull Out of ACA Market; Agents Critical of Timing
3. DOL Fiduciary Rule Would Slam Variable Annuities, Credit Suisse Says
4. High-Income Social Security Filers May Lose $50K In Budget Deal
5. NAIC OKs New IUL Illustration Rule
6. Fiduciary Rule May ‘Bing’ Fixed Annuity Advisors
7.  House Passes Bill to Fatally Delay DOL Rule
8.  Questions On DOL Rule Focus On Preserving Annuity Business
9.  Fiduciary Fighters Press On After Budget Loss
10.  DOL Rule Has Big BICE Changes
11.  ‘Get Ready’ For DOL Fiduciary Rule: Lawyer
12.  Annuities With GLBs Pose Risks To Financial System, FSOC Says
13.  NAIC Panel OKs New IUL Illustration Rules
14.  Net Income Falls At Lincoln, CNO Financial Group
15.  Fiduciary Rule Divides Fixed And Variable Annuity Worlds
16.  Genworth Still An LTC Player Despite Sale Talk
17.  What’s Behind Japanese Life Insurers Acquiring U.S. Companies?
18.  Former Iowa Insurance Regulator Mumford Dies
19.  Motivating Clients To Manage Their LTC Risks
20.  Anger Turns to Resignation in Face of DOL Rule
21.  Life Carriers Imposing Huge Rate Hikes On Some Policyholders
22.  DOL Likely To Spare FIAs, Analysts Say
23.  DOL Open to Changing Fiduciary Proposal
24.  NAIC to Examine DOL’s Proposed IRA Annuity Rules
25.  90 Democrats Sign Letter Critical Of Fiduciary Rule

InsuranceNewsNet Senior Editor John Hilton has covered business and other beats in more than 20 years of daily journalism. John may be reached at john.hilton@innfeedback.com.

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Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on January 7, 2016 by John Hilton.