Networks Financial Institute (NFI) conducted a survey (parallel to that of the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy national survey) to generate an in-state baseline of information about Indiana high schools seniors and their level of financial management skills and education,...

Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University, a national leader in addressing both ongoing and emerging issues impacting the insurance sector, provides this descriptive bibliography which addresses the myriad issues driving insurance regulation and reform. This resource provides more...

Regardless of company size or type, soft skills remain a vital component for employers: Insurance companies place soft skills as the most cited overall criteria in their hiring decisions. Banking companies give slightly more mention to soft skills than curriculum in hiring decisions. Securities...

The increasing ease with which Americans can access various forms of credit during the last 20 years has created unanticipated consequences for the financial services industry, consumers themselves, and those practitioners who provide financial education services. Bankruptcy reform, possible...

Networks Financial Institute (NFI) believes that high school students, in order to be ready for a competitive world when they graduate, need to have a deep understanding of personal financial literacy. Skills involved in personal financial literacy include budgeting, saving, investing, filing...

Personal economic issues such as credit card debt, home foreclosures, the collapse of the sub-prime lending market, and escalating numbers of personal bankruptcy have focused the nation’s attention on the importance of financial education. As a collective, we know that something is wrong with...

Personal economic issues such as credit card debt, home foreclosures, the collapse of the sub-prime lending market, and escalating numbers of personal bankruptcy have focused the nation’s attention on the importance of financial education. Networks Financial Institute (NFI) believes that...