NAIFA has appointed Bobby Johnson, Chief Distribution Officer of Midland National Life® Insurance Company, to the Industry Leadership Board (ILB).

NAIFA CEO Kevin Mayeux, CAE, was honored during the Chinese American Insurance Association’s (CAIA) Chinese New Year annual event, held April 3 in New York. The festive evening brought together hundreds of insurance professionals, community leaders, and honored guests to celebrate the achievements and deep-rooted values of the Chinese American insurance community. Mayeux was recognized alongside AmeriLife Chairman & CEO Scott Perry, for their dedication to professionalism, leadership, and service to the industry. 

The independent brokerage insurance agency promotes NAIFA membership and grassroots participation while its advisors enjoy the benefits of NAIFA membership.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) and E4 Insurance Services (E4IS) have increased an educational partnership agreement, under which E4IS will promote membership in NAIFA to E4IS-affiliated agents and advisors and provide thought leadership to the NAIFA membership.

NAIFA is hosting its third Women’s Financial Security Fly-In March 4-5 in Washington, D.C. The event, designed to encourage the political involvement of women financial professionals, features a day of grassroots advocacy training, policy briefings, and networking. On the second day of the event, attendees from at least 18 different states will go to Capitol Hill for meetings with lawmakers and staff representing their home states and districts.

Mike McGlothlin, CFP, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, NSSA, Executive Vice President, Retirement, at Ash Brokerage, is the 2024 recipient of the Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award. McGlothlin manages a staff of more than 65 employees and has maintained a 90% retention rate. Under his leadership, more than 25 employees have bolstered their professional skills and received in-house promotions. The team has achieved a remarkable 300% growth over six years.  

NAIFA and the Dallas-based American Senior Benefits (ASB) have entered a partnership under which NAIFA recognizes ASB as a NAIFA Financial Security Champion and at least 75 ASB regional sales managers will become new NAIFA members.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is pleased to announce that inSOURCE Financial Advisors in Lincoln, Nebraska has become a NAIFA 100% Agency. Under the membership program, inSOURCE Financial Advisors has enrolled all its advisors as NAIFA members, enrolled them in NAIFA’s grassroots advocacy programs and encourages them to participate in NAIFA as a group. Group members are proudly displayed to consumers on the consumer-facing financialsecurity.org site and individual members are listed in Life Happens’ “Find a Financial Service Professional” search at https://findapro.lifehappens.org/

NAIFA, the leading association of financial professionals in the United States, has revitalized its Find a Financial Service Professional search directory to provide consumers with easy access to the highly skilled, experienced professionals who subscribe to NAIFA’s Code of Ethics. The tool is located on lifehappens.org, the consumer-facing website of NAIFA’s Life Happens community. It draws from a database of financial service professionals from various practice specialties who are NAIFA members, including legacy members of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, or subscribers to Life Happens Pro.

NAIFA’s Lifetime Healthcare Center is presenting “The Peak 65 Series: Impact Day for Lifetime Healthcare,” a one-day virtual event, November 19, beginning at 11 am eastern. It features a dozen 20-minute TED Talk-like presentations covering timely topics on the financial implications of longevity and aging. Presenters include recognized thought leaders offering insights on long-term care, disability income, hybrid insurance products, Medicare, federal and state legislative and regulatory considerations, and more.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), which empowers financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy, education and differentiation, today announced a strategic partnership with Practice Intel, a data analytics and performance improvement platform to help advisory firms improve the quality of advice they deliver to their clients and drive organic growth in the process.