Real challenges face NAIFA members and the insurance and financial industries, but NAIFA CEO Susan Waters explains in a June 2011 InsuranceNewsNet magazine article that NAIFA is working hard to “tell the stories” of agents and advisors so the public and legislators know the crucial role they play and the importance of insurance and other products that help people manage life’s risks.
Susan discusses how NAIFA advocacy is working to head off tax reform proposals that could endanger “the ability of American families and businesses to plan and protect themselves;” how advisors need to “refocus some on risk management and those products that guarantee safety;” and how the industry needs to recruit a new generation of agents and advisors to ensure consumers have access to needed insurance and financial services and advice.