The new Department of Labor fiduciary proposal is nearly 500 pages and has a lot of details. But the biggest fight is going to come down to how agents are regulated – and that goes for both ...

When shopping for insurance policies, you have two choices: you can either work with an insurance broker (someone who represents a variety of insurance companies), or you can choose to buy directly ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Janet Berry-Johnson is a CPA with 10 years of experience in public accounting and writes ...

Last time, we took a look at the difference between buying insurance from the Big Guys vs. your local agent. Did you realize that you have more than one choice when it comes to local insurance? Bruce ...

Insurance agents have been eyeing the Golden Arches lately -- not for the food, but the protection its franchisees enjoy. Fast-food restaurants that sell franchises can't summarily tell their ...

The offer pertains to captive insurance, a way to insure against risks not covered by traditional means. But it has created an incentive for tax avoidance. By Paul Sullivan The Internal Revenue ...

A new captive domicile is about to emerge on isolated islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. A Bill has been introduced in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to establish captive ...

Insurance brokers work independently and represent clients, helping them find the best insurance policies to meet their unique needs and budgets. They can explore a broad range of policies from ...

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Washington has issued an Order to Cease and Desist ("Order"), and a Notice of Intent to Collect Unpaid Premium Taxes ("Notice"), to Microsoft's ...