Great-West Lifeco selling U.S. individual life insurance business
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019
- By: Staff
- January 24, 2019 January 24, 2019
- 11:04
Top Stories in Insurance
Living Benefits
RBC Insurance introduces rider for compassionate care
The rider pays a monthly benefit to allow for time away from work
- By: Staff
- January 15, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 13:58
Equitable Bank uses whole life insurance to fund retirement
Clients can borrow up to 90% of their policy's cash surrender value
- By: Staff
- December 13, 2018 September 3, 2019
- 14:48
Insurers turn to tech as broker’s role in doubt: KPMG
An industry survey finds the regulatory burden is a top concern
- By: Staff
- December 7, 2018 December 7, 2018
- 13:10
Life insurers welcome new rules for deposits
Saskatchewan amends insurance regulations for accepting deposits
- By: The Canadian Press
- October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018
- 14:21
Eliminate lesser-known insurance taxes, C.D. Howe says
Provincial insurance taxation weighs on consumers
- By: Staff
- October 3, 2018 October 3, 2018
- 17:11
FSCO releases customer fair treatment guideline
The guideline includes eight principles
- By: Staff
- October 1, 2018 October 1, 2018
- 09:53
CCIR and CISRO provide guidance on treating customers fairly
The guidance is based on key principles
- By: Staff
- September 28, 2018 October 1, 2018
- 15:10
Immediate leveraged insurance: Tips and traps
Watch out for these issues
- By: Kevin Wark
- September 12, 2018 September 12, 2018
- 15:14
Coach clients through death claims
The process should start while clients are still alive
- By: Suzanne Yar Khan
- July 23, 2018 September 10, 2018
- 00:00
Life
Should small businesses insure key people?
A look at the considerations and different policies
- By: Suzanne Yar Khan
- July 16, 2018 September 10, 2018
- 00:00
Tax News
Using life insurance under new passive income rules
Life insurance should already be on the radar of business owners
- By: Katie Keir
- July 9, 2018 September 19, 2018
- 00:00
Kevin Wark
Quirks and foibles with insurance policy loans
Tax consequences associated with policy loan transactions
- By: Kevin Wark
- May 11, 2018 September 12, 2018
- 00:00
Insurers hop on LRCN bandwagon
More firms are expected to take advantage of new rules adopted last month, DBRS says
- By: Mark Burgess
- April 7, 2021 April 7, 2021
- 12:16
Ensure your client can afford policy premiums
Needs assessment is more than gathering information
- By: Michelle Schriver
- March 12, 2021 March 12, 2021
- 09:00
Universal life policies can’t be used for unlimited deposits, appeal court rules
Hedge funds argued they should be able to make unlimited deposits for a guaranteed return
- By: Greg Dalgetty
- March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021
- 09:03
ALDAs: to buy or not to buy
A breakdown of who benefits from the federal government’s proposed annuity
- By: Jim Otar
- February 7, 2020 May 12, 2020
- 09:30
Disputing when critical illness insurance is payable
Former cabinet minister John Manley lost a case contesting a policy's "triggering event"
- By: Doug Carroll
- January 28, 2020 January 28, 2020
- 16:16
Snowbirds file legal challenge against OHIP cuts
As of Jan. 1, 2020, Ontarians no longer have out-of-country health insurance from the province
- By: Canadian Press
- January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020
- 14:48