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April 14, 2021
The correlation between work productivity and substance use has become more prominent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan Jolivet, Workplace Possibilities SM practice consultant at The Standard, discusses the importance of companies to empower their employees to seek support for mental health and substance abuse issues. Read more in HR Dive's article.
News Organization: HR Dive
April 9, 2021
“Rising yields mean more profit for carriers and they can reinvest in administration, the sales process and operations.” @LifeAnnuitySpecialist interviewed John Williams, regional sales director, Individual Annuities at The Standard, as part of its coverage about the effect interest rates are having on investment products. Also included in the article is news of The Standard raising its crediting rates on five- and seven-year multi-year guaranteed annuities, the 10-year fixed indexed annuity, and the cap rate on its seven- and eight-year fixed-indexed annuity, effective April 7. Read the full
News Organization: Life Annuity Specialist
April 5, 2021
“Annuities are designed to build savings and provide income for retirement through guaranteed returns and tax deferrals. Fixed deferred annuities have some unique tax advantages for those just beginning to make a plan for retirement, or for people who are looking for ways to bolster their retirement income.” John Williams, regional sales director, Individual Annuities at The Standard, writes in Advisor Magazine about the tax advantages provided by annuities.
News Organization: Advisor Magazine
March 24, 2021
“Accurate employee data is the key to a healthy retirement plan. Without it, employers can be exposed to greater risk, and correcting bad data takes extra time.” Joel Mee, senior director of Retirement Plan Sales, shared with Employee Benefit News the importance of data technology to ensure healthy, accurate retirement plans.
News Organization: Employee Benefit News
March 10, 2021
Offering a mix of benefits that provide value to all employees is an essential responsibility of brokers. It’s also a missed opportunity to not proactively inform clients of available solutions to address their executives’ heightened financial risks, including individual disability insurance as part of an executive disability plan. Adam Aschoff, regional director of Guaranteed Standard Issue Individual Disability Insurance Sales, shares more in America’s Benefit Specialists.
News Organization: America's Benefit Specialists
March 1, 2021
“If an advisor is working with an unmarried couple early in the annuity purchasing stage, it is in good practice and your client’s best interest to help the named beneficiary understand the limited death benefit payment and distribution options available, if the couple decides to go this route.” John Williams, regional sales director, Individual Annuities at The Standard, writes in InsuranceNewsNet about how advisors can better communicate annuity considerations to unmarried couples to help them understand annuities’ benefits, along with their beneficiary rules.
News Organization: InsuranceNewsNet
February 1, 2021
“The decisions surrounding the long-term medical care of a loved one are some of the most difficult that clients will ever have to make. A Medicaid SPIA is a helpful solution for a situation that could have put the healthy spouse at risk of financial hardship, even devastation, to pay for the medical care of their loved one.” Mark MacGillivray, director of Financial Institutions, Annuities at The Standard, writes in InsuranceNewsNet about the benefits a Single Premium Immediate Annuity can provide.
News Organization: InsuranceNewsNet