ANNUITY BEST INTEREST TRAINING COURSES
In February 2020, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) approved an extensive update to its long-standing Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation. The result is a revised, consumer-focused set of standards and practices that elevate a consumer’s best interest as the core component of any and all annuity recommendations and sales.
The biggest change the model brings about is an upgrade in practice standards and requirements from ensuring the suitability of an annuity recommendation or sale to ensuring that an annuity recommendation or sale meets the consumer’s best interest. While this requirement to the client's best interest is more encompassing than the prior suitability standard, but is not a fiduciary standard.