Sometime this year the number of mobile internet users will exceed the number of desktop users. In developing countries that has already taken place. Mobile internet use in India surpassed desktop use last spring. The smartphone market has been larger than the PC market since 2010.

Ben Nelson echoed the sentiments of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' leadership in his first public press conference as new CEO of the organization by casting the desired relationship with the federal government as one of a partnership, not one allowing incursion, pre-emption or even dual regulation.

Becoming an insurance agent can be a life-changing event for some, especially when the opportunity turns into a calling. The following six producers may have come into the business for different reasons, but theyre each staying in the industry for the same: to improve the lives of others.