Articles by Regina Stephenson

Regina Stephenson
Regina Stephenson is a writer and editor concentrating on the financial services industry, most specifically insurance and insurtech. Since insurance regulation and legislation already make for dry tinder, Regina specializes in setting it alight with blogs that inform and entertain the compliance and operations teams of insurance agencies, carriers, and MGAs alike. By taking an inside-the-community approach to compliance news, her witty exposure of changing regulations and the inflection points of insurance technology keep the insurance industry current. Her previous experiences include ghostwriting and publishing books for independent financial professionals and serving as an online editor at CJOnline.com. Regina enjoys breaking down complex topics into bite-sized, understandable pieces, and is passionate about good storytelling. Outside of her professional work, you can find Regina parenting three kids alongside husband Adam, waging war on the chaos of their fixer-upper bungalow, or reading and watching fantasy escapist stories.

Why Integrations Are Key to Maintaining Sanity in Variable Lines Compliance

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Integrating compliance solutions into the rest of your technology is the biggest time saver (and risk-reducer!) for compliance teams and their variable lines brokers. Retirement-focused insurance products have driven a …

Fine and Punishment: The Process of Insurance Regulatory Actions

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance industry professionals tend to underestimate the business threat of regulatory actions. While data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) indicates the industry has a relatively low level …

How Life Insurance Carriers Can Win at the Long Game of Annuity Broker Recruitment

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Life insurance carriers that don’t prioritize compliance and onboarding for their variable lines brokers will lose traction in the life and annuities market over the long term. Making these processes …

The Future of Variable Lines Broker Management

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Key takeaways: What automation looks like for variable lines compliance How automated broker compliance can help or harm carrier reputations Why broker preferences are the future of variable annuity and …

What You Need to Know About States’ Insurers of Last Resort

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. As Florida’s state-backed insurer of last resort takes on more than a million policies, Colorado considers devising its own insurance scheme to provide coverage for those no longer eligible in …

How to Efficiently Manage Variable Lines Brokers

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. At its fundamental level, compliance is about making sure the people you have selling products are authorized to sell them, and are doing it right away AND the right way. …

The Complexities of Michigan’s Clean Slate Law and Insurance Compliance

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Michigan’s Clean Slate package is now fully in effect. While the laws aim to give dignity to individuals with difficult legal histories, they’ll undoubtedly cause headaches for compliance departments tasked …

Braidwood v Becerra and Its Impact on Preventive Service Access

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, it’s faced many challenges, and the newest comes from a court case recently decided by a judge in Texas: Braidwood …

Potential Impacts of FTC’s Near-Blanket Ban on Noncompetes

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. A proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule would enact a near-blanket ban on noncompete clauses within employment contracts, even for gig-workers and freelancers. So, what drives the FTC’s rule? And …