<rss xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0">  <channel>  <title><![CDATA[Blog]]></title>  <link>https://brokersalliance.com</link>  <description><![CDATA[]]></description>   <lastBuildDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2020</lastBuildDate>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Record-Breaking Fixed Indexed Annuity Sales]]></title>    <link>https://brokersalliance.com/about-brokers-alliance/news/2019/08/record-breaking-fixed-indexed-annuity-sales    </link>    <description><![CDATA[According to a recent LIMRA report, this quarter’s Fixed Indexed Annuity sales represent the highest quarterly sales for FIAs ever! In fact, they were 14% higher in 2019 compared to 2018. Consumers are steadily purchasing FIAs to protect their retirement; are you set up to offer them the best products from top carriers?]]></description>    <category>Annuities    </category>    <category>Fixed Annuities    </category>    <category>Fixed Indexed Annuities    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 19 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[The Booming LTC-Hybrid Market]]></title>    <link>https://brokersalliance.com/about-brokers-alliance/news/2019/08/booming-ltc-hybrid-market    </link>    <description><![CDATA[According to a study done by LIMRA, policies sold with a long-term care rider jumped from 228,000 in 2015 to 461,000 in 2018. That’s a huge boom in those product types.]]></description>    <category>Life Insurance    </category>    <category>Life Insurance Trends    </category>    <category>Long Term Care    </category>    <category>Asset-Based LTC    </category>    <category>Hybrid Products    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 19 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Let Brooke Shields Help You Talk To Prospects About Life Insurance]]></title>    <link>https://brokersalliance.com/about-brokers-alliance/news/2019/08/let-brooke-shields-help-you-talk-prospects-about-life-insurance    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Brooke Shields has partnered with Life Happens to help educate the public about the benefits of life insurance.]]></description>    <category>consumer marketing    </category>    <category>life insurance awareness    </category>    <category>life happens    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 19 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  </channel></rss>