The Alliance for Lifetime Income has launched the “Protected Lifetime Income Index,” a research initiative designed to track how effectively American households are planning to secure retirement income that will last their entire lives.

Compared to other retirees and pre-retirees, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) Americans are more inclined to see a need to preserve their retirement savings yet are more likely to take bigger risks when it comes to investing, according to a new study from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Cheryl Canzanella, LUTCF, presented the educational session “What Are You Saying? The Ins and Outs of Effective Communication” sponsored by Women in Financial Services at NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose conference.

Long-time NAIFA leaders Scotty Brennan and Peter Browne provided insights from their years of experience to attendees at NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose educational session, “It’s All About Relationships.”

During one of the educational workshops held at NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose Conference in San Antonio, attendees received some words of inspiration from two NAIFA members who overcame several obstacles before enjoying a high level of professional success. The attendees learned some valuable lessons about the importance of persistence and staying the course.

At NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose Conference currently under way in San Antonio, financial professionals received some helpful hints for attracting and retaining culturally diverse agents in their practices from two industry experts, Aamir Chalisa and Ali Agha, both members of NAIFA’s Diversity Task Force. Chalisa is Managing Director with Futurity First Insurance Group and Agha is Senior Development Manager at New York Life.

A quartet of life insurance legends – Marv Feldman, Van Mueller, Jim Silbernagel, and John Wheeler – offered attendees at NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose conference in San Antonio a lightning round panel discussion of fast and furious sales ideas.

On September 20, 2014, Jeff Kyle’s wife, Suzie, a 40-year-old mother of two with no known risk factors, had a stroke as she slept in a vacation cabin near Mount St. Helens in Castle Rock, Washington. Kyle and a family friend rushed Suzie to the hospital, where doctors determined that she had previously suffered an initial stroke no one had been aware of. Suzie, and her loved ones, faced a long and difficult recovery.

In a unique communications partnership, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) and international award-winning ITN Productions have produced a news and current affairs-style program investigating the essential role of financial advisors in helping individuals, families and businesses navigate complex financial choices to achieve their dreams and secure their future.