Today’s workplace presents unique opportunities and challenges for engaging today’s consumer. View research and attend networking events for fresh insights that will help you add this channel or improve your results for life and health insurance, retirement, and other products.
Carriers generated over $2.03 billion of new annualized premiums in the first quarter of 2026 total sales, a 1% decrease over Q1 2025.
As workforce expectations evolve, employers are embracing a more strategic, inclusive, and tech-forward approach to benefits, balancing cost concerns with the need for personalization and flexibility. The integration of digital tools, AI, and broker expertise will enable organizations to better meet the diverse needs of both traditional and freelance talent.
What do employee benefit brokers consider most important in recommending workplace benefit carriers to their clients?
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Aug 19, 2026
Don't miss the latest sales trends in the Canadian group insurance market for life, long-term disability, and other types of health insurance. New Q2 2026 data.
Aug 18, 2026
Keep score . . . on the most important quarterly and year-to-date 401(k) sales information. New Q1 2026 results.
Aug 17, 2026
Up or down? View the annual trends on retention, production performance, and earnings of multiple-line exclusive (MLEA) agents. 2025 Executive Summary added.
Aug 14, 2026
The first white paper in LIMRA’s Six Key Forces Reshaping Financial Services Distribution series explores how strategic consolidation, driven by M&A and private equity activity, are moving competition beyond scale toward capabilities, technology, and execution.
Jul 31, 2026
The 2026 Retirement Income Readiness Report examines retirement preparedness, retirement income planning, financial confidence, protected lifetime income, and the factors that help pre-retirees and retirees achieve long-term financial security.
Jul 23, 2026
Calendar-year retention of the Canadian career agent sales force. New 2025 data.
Learn the latest developments in sales through agents and advisors, websites, direct marketing, and more.
Explore LIMRA’s United States and Canadian sales compensation research, events, and news.
Examine the life, health, and related employee benefits marketplace from the carrier, employer, employee, and distributor perspectives.
Learn the latest information about products sold at the workplace. New Q1 2026 infographic.
Understand the impact of technology on workplace benefits enrollment and administration.
