Most consumers don’t realise how insurance agents are compensated, which can help explain why certain products are often promoted more aggressively.

Agent commissions rose sharply across India’s insurance industry in 2024-25, growing significantly faster than premium ...

Kenya’s insurance market had 14,648 agents at end of December 2023, marking a 63.6 percent increase from 8,955 in 2018. Insurance agents are either considered captive agents or independent. In Kenya, ...

The non-life insurance sector is gearing up for a fresh start as the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) enforces a zero-commission policy, effective 1 January, suspending the ...

The new standard could boost an individual's retirement savings by up to 20% over a lifetime. IBTimes UK The US Labor Department's new proposed standard to protect retirement savers who roll over ...

Oct. 27--Consumers shopping for health insurance in the federal government's online marketplace will likely have fewer people to turn to with questions this year, following a Highmark decision to stop ...

, Dec. 31 -- In a landmark move to reform the insurance sector, the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has suspended the licenses of all individual agents in the non-life insurance ...

This column responds to some of those comments. Regarding insurance agent commissions, we reported in the story that Blue Cross paid out $15 million in sales commissions last year, or 3 percent of the ...

What was your immediate reaction to that term? Probably not the most positive. Many of us have experienced an old friend inviting us for coffee, only to have your chill catch-up sesh become a sales ...

Agent commissions remain central because insurance products are complex and trust-driven, especially outside metros. The “neighbourhood uncle” thrives on familiarity and accessibility, particularly ...