Cancer is the leading reason employees stop working and take long-term disability leave, according to claims submitted to Unum, a provider of income insurance. Unum analyzes claims activity each year and shares results during Disability Insurance Awareness Month to help foster a better understanding of the value of DI insurance and other coverage.
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Kick-Off to Disability Insurance Awareness Month
By NAIFA on 5/6/14 2:16 PM
Topics: Sales Disability Insurance Grow Your Business
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May Is Disability Insurance Awareness Month
By NAIFA on 5/1/14 4:26 PM
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month, the month-long campaign spearheaded by Life Happens to promote the benefits of disability income insurance among consumers. The DIAM campaign is the perfect platform you need to talk to your clients and prospects about this important coverage.
Topics: Disability Insurance Grow Your Business DIAM Industry News Life Happens
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Millennials Go Old School
By NAIFA on 4/29/14 2:19 PM
It’s not just beards, butchers and bicycles that Millennials are bringing back. The youngest adults in America, aged 18-29, are also showing signs that they’re old souls in the way they manage their money.
Topics: Grow Your Business Industry News
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Voluntary Benefits Sales Grow
By NAIFA on 4/22/14 2:48 PM
Topics: Grow Your Business Industry News LIMRA
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Tempted to Buy Social Media Followers?
By NAIFA on 4/16/14 9:27 PM
If you get spam e-mails, you've probably seen subject lines like this:
Topics: Grow Your Business Social Media
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Communicating Face-to-Face? There's an App for That
By NAIFA on 4/9/14 1:27 PM
Technology for video-based applications has improved greatly in recent years.
Most people agree that face-to-face communication is ideal. Tone, gestures, facial expressions, vocal inflections and environment influence the meanings of our words to such an extent that to compensate for their absence within emails and texts, we've become accustomed to using emoticons, superfluous punctuation and other types of written emphasis to make our meanings clear.
Topics: Sales Grow Your Business
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The Delicate Art of Approaching Friends and Family for Referrals
By NAIFA on 4/3/14 11:58 AM
Demonstrate your value by telling stories of client success.
Work is frequent fodder for conversation between friends and family alike. When the topic comes up in your social circle, how do you describe the work you do? When you describe your practice to friends and family, be mindful of the fact that the words you choose may actually align with the art of gaining referrals. Friends and family are great prospects, and even if they are not likely to become customers in the near future, you can still gain referrals from them.
Topics: Referrals Grow Your Business
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Deadline for Advisor Today’s Four Under Forty Awards Program is April 4!
By NAIFA on 4/1/14 2:48 PM
You have only a few days left to nominate outstanding NAIFA members under the age of 40 for Advisor Today’s 2014 Four Under Forty Awards. The deadline to submit all nominations is April 4, 2014.
Topics: Grow Your Business 4 Under 40
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NAIFA and College for Financial Planning form LUTCF Advisory Group
By NAIFA on 3/26/14 11:47 AM
Dear NAIFA Members:
Topics: Grow Your Business
Book of the Month: "The Sky is Not the Limit"
By NAIFA on 3/26/14 11:44 AM
NAIFA National launched a new Book of the Month Program, and the premier book in this launch is the award-winning book, “The Sky is Not the Limit – Discovering the True North for Your Life’s Path” by Phillip C. Richards, CFP, CLU, RHU.
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