DPL Financial Partners, a Louisville, Kentucky-based insurance platform for registered investment advisers, and SS&C Technologies Holdings of Windsor, Connecticut, have launched an insurance platform that allows advisers to access a range of fee-only products through the Black Diamond Wealth Platform and DPL’s proprietary Product Discovery Tools.
The platform, called the SS&C Advent Insurance Marketplace Powered by DPL, combines technology and insurance consultants to provide access to and information about annuities, life insurance, long-term care and disability offerings.
Insurers that are making their products available through the marketplace include Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, Great American Life Insurance Co., Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. and Midland National Life Insurance Co.
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