Magazine
Cover Story
March 2024
Crypto Comes to Life
An investment firm has debuted the first broker-sold, privately placed, variable life insurance products based on assets invested in crypto.
Features
Lifestyles of the Rich and Risky
Affluent insurance customers may not be protecting themselves against increasing risks ranging from extreme weather to cyber attacks.
Opening Up on Obesity
Formal recognition of the disease can now position employers to
address this costly condition and improve employee health.
Thought Leaders
One Meeting People Want More Of
One-on-ones are the underused tool for improving relationships and performance.
Combining the Old and the New for Success
The industry must apply the latest technologies but without forgetting tried-and-true practices.
Crucial Details on the Corporate Transparency Act
Most of your firms will be exempt from these reporting requirements—but read on.
Your Résumé Is Not Your Life
Employers must look beyond résumés and job titles and consider a candidate’s life experience and unwritten skills if they want to hire the best people.
Vital Signs
More Employers Use ICHRAs to Save Health Dollars
Q&A with Victoria Hodgkins, CEO of PeopleKeep
Technosavvy
The Golden Thread
Q&A with Rob Bartlett, Co-Founder and CEO, and Ken Fraser, Co-Founder and President, Big Ticket
Farm Bill Idles
Congress will need to overcome election-year paralysis to finally vote on the five-year, $1.5T reauthorization.
Not All Growth Is Equal
Players in the brokerage space are seeking more than just organic growth.
More In This Issue
Weight-Loss Drug Market Explodes
But not all payers are covering them.
Bitcoin-Based Life Insurer Opens for Business
Bermuda-based carrier is entirely denominated in Bitcoin.
U.S. Crypto Regulations Emerge, Tentatively
Legislation introduced makes its way through committees.