LIMRA Members Only
2025 was been a volatile year with frequently shifting economic policy, tax law changes, and massive increases in the indexed and variable universal life product lines. Can double-digit premium growth and policy sales increases be sustained? Please join Karen Terry and Bryan Hodgens to review the highlights of 2025 sales and LIMRA's forecast for 2026 and beyond.
Senior Vice President, Head of Research, LIMRA and LOMA
Bryan Hodgens is Senior Vice President and Head of Research for LIMRA and LOMA. In this capacity, he develops and executes the research strategy for both the distribution and retirement research programs, focused on providing insights and best practices to address the current and emerging business challenges facing LIMRA members.
Hodgens joined LIMRA in 2022 with more than 25 years of executive experience at companies such as AIG, Wells Fargo Advisors and Asset Growth Partners. Most recently, he was senior vice president and head of LPL Financials’ Retirement Plans and Financial Planning Group.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia.
Corporate Vice President, Director of LIMRA Insurance Research, LIMRA and LOMA
Karen Terry leads the Individual Product Research team, developing and implementing LIMRA's research program for individual life, disability long-term care and critical illness insurance products in the U.S. and Canada. Under her guidance, her team provides competitive intelligence on product design, customer demographics, industry sales trends and forecasts for the North American individual insurance markets. With over 25 years of insurance product and consumer research experience, Karen is a leading industry expert on industry performance measures to LIMRA staff, member companies, and the media.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University of Maryland.