The new Department of Labor fiduciary proposal is nearly 500 pages and has a lot of details. But the biggest fight is going to come down to how agents are regulated – and that goes for both ...

PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What's the difference between an independent insurance agent and a captive insurance agent, and which is better for Florida residents? A HelloNation ...

Volvo Car Financial Services U.S. is now in the business of more than just booking retail installment sales contracts and vehicle leases. On Wednesday, the captive announced the launch of Volvo Car ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bobby L. Hickman is a longtime business and financial journalist who brings decades of ...

When shopping for insurance policies, you have two choices: you can either work with an insurance broker (someone who represents a variety of insurance companies), or you can choose to buy directly ...

Last time, we took a look at the difference between buying insurance from the Big Guys vs. your local agent. Did you realize that you have more than one choice when it comes to local insurance? Bruce ...

The question of whether captive agents are independent contractors or employees of an insurance company is at the heart of a class action lawsuit filed against several GEICO companies. The suit ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Janet Berry-Johnson is a CPA with 10 years of experience in public accounting and writes ...