Advocacy in action blog

A message to NAIFA Members:

Throughout September, it has been truly inspiring to witness NAIFA members actively participating in Life Insurance Awareness Month by shining a much-needed spotlight on the tremendous value of life insurance. Your commitment to highlighting the importance of this product while educating millions of consumers on the broader issues of financial literacy helps ensure that Americans understand the many tools available to secure their financial futures.

National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) CEO Kevin Mayeux, CAE, issued the following statement on the decision by some health plans to cease new and renewal commissions for Medicare prescription drug (Part D) plans and terminating existing marketing service agreements:

The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently published articles casting a negative light on the lawsuit brought by NAIFA, ACLI, and others to stop the Department of Labor’s misguided fiduciary-only rule. These articles mischaracterize what we hope to achieve and largely ignore the arguments laid out in our court filings.

Kevin Mayeux, CEO of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s beginning of the regulatory process to propose a fiduciary-only rule: