Life insurance

Cost misperceptions keep them from buying policies, which provides an opportunity for advisers, says Web Benefit Design’s Jessica Campbell.

MetLife beat back a U.S. attempt to label it too big to fail, which would’ve put America’s biggest life insurer under tougher government scrutiny and forced it to put more money in reserves.

Employers and advisers expect the importance of supplemental benefits to grow, fueled in part by the changing demands of employees.

The majority of employers expect the importance of non-traditional benefits to grow over the next three to five years, fueled in part by the changing demands of employees.

Part of a global consolidation trend, these mergers are aimed at growing revenue and increasing customers.

Revealed in descending order, the listing is based on Form 5500 Schedule A reporting data on premiums as of Dec. 31, 2015.

Employee Benefit Adviser interviews three senior life insurance executives on the role of advisers and how they see the market shifting in 2016 and beyond