Congratulations to NAIFA-Michigan on achieving a significant legislative victory for insurance professionals across the state.
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NAIFA-Michigan Scores Major Win on Continuing Education Credits
Topics: State Advocacy NAIFA-Michigan
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Sen. Barrasso and Rep. Tenney Cite NAIFA's Support for the SMART Act to Modernize IRA Rules
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) have introduced the Simplifying Modern Access to Retirement Tools for Savings (SMART) Act of 2026 into their respective houses of Congress. Sen. Barrasso and Rep. Tenney both cited NAIFA’s strong support in their press releases announcing the legislation.
Topics: Retirement Planning Individual Retirement Accounts Supported Legislation
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NAIFA Grassroots Brings Tangible Results With the RSCA
The grassroots involvement of two NAIFA members from Kansas reveals the power of advocacy in action. In March of this year, Brittany Williams and Cassie Johnson met with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) during NAIFA’s Women’s Fly-In and sparked the senator’s interest in the Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act (H.R. 6324 and S. 5165). This bipartisan legislation, which was previously introduced in the House, would provide retirement savers with flexibility to convert 401(k) account funds to streams of guaranteed lifetime income. After hearing from his NAIFA constituents, Marshall along with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced the RSCA in the Senate.
Topics: Retirement Planning Grassroots Supported Legislation
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NAIFA's Mayeux Joins CEO Letter Urging Retirement Plan Fairness for 403(b) Participants
NAIFA CEO Kevin Mayeux, CAE, is among the industry leaders who signed a letter to Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs strongly supporting legislation to modernize federal securities regulation of 403(b) retirement plan investments by providing parity with 401(k) plans and other retirement savings arrangements.
Topics: Retirement Planning Supported Legislation
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NAIFA Supports Legislation by Sens. Moran and Van Hollen to Strengthen the ABLE Act
NAIFA is part of a coalition of organizations that expressed support for the bipartisan ABLE Tomorrow Act in a letter to the act’s cosponsors, Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). The legislation would expand and strengthen the ABLE program, a tax-advantaged saving and investment program for eligible individuals with disabilities. ABLE Accounts provide many people with disabilities to save for qualified disability-related expenses without losing their eligibility for other federal programs.
Topics: Financial Security
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NAIFA Applauds House Committee Approval of Clarity for Compensation Act
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) applauds the unanimous approval of H.R. 7187, the Clarity for Compensation Act, by the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Reps. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), passed the committee by a vote of 51-0 on June 30 and now advances to the full House of Representatives.
Topics: Compensation Regulation
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NAIFA Applauds House Passage of Bipartisan Financial Exploitation Prevention Act
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan financial services bill today which would strengthen protections preventing the financial exploitation of seniors and other vulnerable adults by granting investment firms and financial institutions the legal authority to temporarily pause suspicious transactions.
Topics: Senior Financial Protection
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NAIFA Responds to House Subcommittee Hearing on Medicare Advantage
On June 10, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies Increasing Health Care Transparency.” While NAIFA strongly supports the Committee's goal of greater transparency and lower health care costs for all, the hearing's discussion of so-called "kickbacks" in Medicare Advantage marketing painted the entire agent and broker community with an unfairly broad brush.
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NAIFA Applauds CMS for Preserving Beneficiary Access to Professional Medicare Guidance
NAIFA's Medicare Collective welcomes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' guidance regarding agent and broker compensation for Contract Year 2027.
Topics: Medicare CMS
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NAIFA’s Gandy Applauds Bipartisan Legislation on Long-Term Care Education
The Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act, sponsored by Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Aaron Bean (R-FL), would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a public education initiative to encourage Americans to plan for their potential long-term care needs.
