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MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights

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COVER STORY: Pressure Point: How Global Executives View Challenges and Change

What’s on your mind? This is the question LIMRA and BCG asked global executives in a recent study. This cover story presents the current mindset of executives in areas such as technology, the future of work, and new growth opportunities. “Industry leaders are rising to the challenge — with many taking bold action to improve customer and advisor journeys, simplify and automate operations, and accelerate the pace of innovation in pursuit of profitable growth.”

Front Page News

This section of the magazine features relevant industry news, snippets of research, interesting facts affecting financial services, upcoming webinars, and more.

A Conversation With Dr. Vikram Mansharamani

MarketFacts recently spoke with Dr. Vikram Mansharamani — a global trend watcher and Harvard lecturer. The conversation connects ideas from his recent book — Think for Yourself — and applies them to financial services, in terms of our industry purpose, ongoing customer experience, technology, and career pathways. “Getting the whole [generalist] view allows you to really provide advice and insight.”

Black American Life Insurance Ownership Increases

An infographic storyline of Black American life insurance ownership, and need for coverage. This provides a snapshot view of Black Americans’ financial concerns, knowledge about insurance, and interest in working with a financial advisor.

Women as a Market? Not So Fast

Based on her extensive knowledge of the market, Ande Frazier presents a view of women as the market. Women are interested in taking ownership of their finances. What are the nuances of how they make decisions, and under what circumstances will they take action? “Thinking that we can build a market solely based on gender is shortsighted. We have to speak directly to what women face, and provide meaningful solutions, rather than just focus on the fact they are women.”

From Online to Landline: Understanding Employee Preferences for Engaging With Carriers

How do employees prefer to engage with insurance companies? Based on a LIMRA survey of full-time employees who currently receive insurance benefits through their employers, this article talks about tailoring the engagement experience based on urgency, and available tech, among other factors. “To stay ahead, and offer the experience that employees expect, benefit carriers must understand the why behind employee engagement preferences.”

A Balancing Act: Risk, Capabilities, and Education in Fraud Prevention

Given the ongoing focus on cybersecurity and risk prevention, this article provides a necessary overview of how companies should assess their overall risk, enhance their fraud prevention, and educate their employees. “Each company has a different risk profile and should tailor its fraud program to address its particular risk exposures.”

Formal Written Plans Are Key to Confidence in Retirement Lifestyle

Based on information from SRI’s newly released Retail Retirement Reference Book, this infographic presents consumer confidence levels in their ability to live a preferred lifestyle in retirement, based on wealth, retirement status, and having and advisor and/or a formal written plan.

Global News

This section of the magazine features our global members, with an introductory commentary by LL Global’s president of international operations, a celebration of the top 10 global companies for IQA recipients, and a recap of the Trustworthy Selling seminar held in Beijing.

Networking & Learning News

This issue’s networking and learning news section celebrates the 90th anniversary of LIMRA’s Research Agency Group (RAG), provides highlights from the 2021 Marketing, Advanced Sales, and Supplemental Health DI/LTC conferences, and features upcoming events.

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MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 4, 2021

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 4, 2021

Issue number 4-2021 of our flagship magazine — MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights — offers a focus on different aspects of industry purpose, as well as a feature on customer experience. It highlights executive perspectives on corporate community, financial advice, and the social value of insurance — as well as a Q&A with a best-selling author, insights on the women’s market, retirement, fraud prevention, and consumer engagement.

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 3, 2021

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 3, 2021

Issue number 3-2021 of our flagship magazine — MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights — focuses on the evolving landscape of workplace benefits, as well as a feature on technology trends. It offers executive perspectives on digital solutions, technology, and life insurance — as well as insights on current trends in disability, retirement, data privacy, and compliance response to the DOL PTE 2020-02.

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 2, 2021

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 2, 2021

Issue number 2-2021 of our flagship magazine — MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights — focuses on insurance trends, with a feature on professional development. It offers executive perspectives on the future of the industry, as well as current trends in workplace benefits, retirement, and the Help Protect Our Families campaign.

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 1, 2021

MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — Number 1, 2021

Issue number 1-2021 of our revamped flagship magazine — MarketFacts: Your RESOURCE for Industry Insights — explores industry trends and executive perspectives on 2021, reflections on the current environment, as well as current trends in insurance, workplace benefits, retirement, professional development, and the ongoing virtual work.

About MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights Information – Best Practices – Thought Leadership

Built with the combined might of LIMRA and LOMA, and a history of award-winning excellence for over 60 years, MarketFacts: Your Resource for Industry Insights — our new flagship magazine — combines the best of LL Global in one easy-to-access publication. Published quarterly, our mission is to bring the latest, most pertinent industry information to our readership — derived from industry research, company best practices, and insightful thought leadership.

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2021 Publication Schedule

Issue  Article Submissions Due  Distribution 
 Number 1 October 19, 2020 Print and Digital Editions
January 25, 2021
 Number 2 January 19, 2021 Print and Digital Editions
Online: April 23, 2021
 Number 3 April 19, 2021 Print and Digital Editions
Online: July 23, 2021
 Number 4 July 19, 2021 Print and Digital Editions
October 22, 2021
 Number 1, 2021 October 19, 2021 Print and Digital Editions
January 23, 2022


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