LinkedIn Live: Industry Insights with Bryan Hodgens — Understanding the Elusive Life Insurance Consumer

Overview

Who Should Join

Anyone involved with the sale, administration, distribution, or implementation of annuities

Highlights

Despite record life insurance sales in recent years, LIMRA research shows the number of Americans living with a life insurance coverage gap has not meaningfully declined in over a decade. While technology has allowed companies to offer more innovative and complicated offerings, consumers — particularly younger generations — tell us they want simpler and easier to understand solutions to protect their families’ immediate and future financial security.

Join Bryan Hodgens, senior vice president and head of LIMRA Research, and Steve Wood, research director, LIMRA Markets Research, as they explore the push-pull of life insurers’ growing reliance on digital engagement with consumers’ consistent desire to interact with humans. How can the industry balance the two to effectively serve consumers’ life insurance needs?

Presenters

Bryan Hodgens, AIF

Senior Vice President, Head of Research, LIMRA and LOMA

Bryan Hodgens, AIF

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.

Stephen Wood

Research Director, Markets Research, LIMRA and LOMA

Stephen Wood

Research Director, Markets Research, LIMRA and LOMA

As part of LIMRA’s Markets Research team, Steve Wood is responsible for providing analyses and insights for some of the industry’s most compelling reporting. As in his previous Custom Research role at LIMRA, Wood brings focus to survey design, data integrity, and quality reporting. Wood seeks topical and actionable insights regarding the varied demographic markets the insurance and financial industries serve.

Joining LIMRA in 2009, Wood has a decade of previous experience with Customer Insights at both LEGO and Aetna. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Connecticut.