NAIFA

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  NARAB II Bill Clears Senate Banking Committee

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth D. Festa  |  June 11, 2013

  The bill would establish the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, a nonprofit, independent board to provide a mechanism for multistate licensing for insurance producers

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  FINRA’s Proposed Broker Recruitment Bonus Rule Makes Strange Bedfellows

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  March 6, 2013

  SIFMA and NAIFA’s comment letters on FINRA’s proposed rule on disclosing bonuses paid to brokers to switch BDs agree with me. Now I’m worried.

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  Key Findings of fi360-AdvisorOne Fiduciary Survey of Advisors

  By Kathleen M. McBride, FiduciaryPath  |  April 26, 2012

  Both brokers and advisors in our second annual AdvisorOne-fi360 Fiduciary Survey agree on much, but the findings suggest a disconnect between registered reps and their leaders.

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  Bachus, McCarthy Introduce SRO Redraft

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2012

  House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus reintroduced on Wednesday his draft bill calling for an SRO for advisors—one week after industry sources told AdvisorOne that an SRO bill was imminent.

• NAIFA Survey: Clients Nearing Retirement Want Risk Protection

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 12, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors released a survey on Tuesday which found that since the economic meltdown, middle-income clients of advisors have become more interested in products with risk-protection components.

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  One Cheer for NAIFA

  By Knut A. Rostad  |  March 18, 2010

  The battle for the fiduciary standard in financial reform legislation took an unexpected turn a couple weeks ago. The National Association of Insurance and Financial...

• Dodd Bill: Industry Groups See Worms In That Can

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 11, 2009

  The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009 discussion draft is long enough to have room for many troubling provisions, insurance industry Congress watchers say.