While most of the dialog around mobility in the financial services has focused on the customer experience, leading insurance firms are exploring the benefits of mobilizing their producers.

As the average age of financial advisors creeps upward, the industry is looking for the next generation of advisors to replace them.

More federal personnel records have been hacked than previously reported and U.S. officials are weighing responses ranging from new counterintelligence initiatives to destroying the data in the intruders servers, according to people briefed on the investigation.