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Scotiabank Group has rolled out three new individual term life insurance products, which will be available at its ScotiaLife Financial Insurance Centres. In addition, it announced the opening of its second retail ScotiaLife Financial Insurance Centre, located in downtown Toronto. The term life offering marks the first individual life insurance products available through ScotiaLife Financial. […]
By Staff |November 25, 2010
3 min read
Canadians are coming to grips with the notion that their original retirement plan might not work out as they expected, according to a survey by AXA. The 2010 edition of the Retirement Scope survey found an increasing number of Canadians now believe they will have to work later into life than they had planned. On […]
By Steven Lamb |November 9, 2010
2 min read
Living Benefits
Worried patients take extra comfort with a doctor who appears fully conversant in all of the implications of the latest drugs. So too, an insurance broker’s clients and potential clients will be more comfortable with critical illness insurance if the broker demonstrates up-to-date knowledge of all clauses, especially those most relevant to their situations. Several […]
By Al Emid |October 25, 2010
4 min read
We often take for granted the huge role technology plays in our lives; that is, until an issue threatens to disrupt the entire way we do business. It was December 2009 when our CRM software provider made the call to us. The shock was profound when they informed us they were no longer supporting our […]
By David Wm. Brown |October 1, 2010
Market Insights
North American markets Back to Top Close Change YTD Dow Jones 10,150.65 +164.84 or +1.65% -2.66% S&P 500 1,064.59 +17.37 or +1.66% -4.53% NASDAQ 2,153.63 +34.94 or +1.65% -5.09% TSX 11,879.72 +226.54 or +1.94% +1.14% International markets Back to Top Close Change YTD Nikkei 8,991.06 +84.58 or +0.95% -14.75% Hang Seng 20,597.35 -14.71 or -0.07% […]
By Staff |August 27, 2010
1 min read
Denis Berthiaume will join the Desjardins Group as senior vice-president and general manager of wealth management and life and health insurance, commencing September 7. Berthiaume will succeed Bruno Morin, who will retire on December 31, after 38 years with the firm. Berthiaume will manage a team of about 4,800 people that handle manufacturing, life and […]
By Staff |August 20, 2010
When your clients envision old age, they may think about cruise vacations, leisurely visits to a market, and generally leading a healthy life. There is something fundamentally wrong with this picture. It doesn’t make allowances for the unpredictability of life. The truth is, they could well be restricted to a wheelchair staring out the window, […]
By Staff |August 17, 2010
Life
Canadian advisors may have fewer insurance options at their disposal in the future, as proposed accounting standards could make long-duration, investment-based contracts less attractive to carriers. While the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are set to come into force in January 2011, this set of rules is not the culprit. Yet. The financial services sector […]
By Steven Lamb |August 10, 2010
A generation ago, benefits plans were a different animal. One-size-fits-all plans were the norm and the offloading of health costs by governments had yet to begin in earnest. Employers offered simpler plans for a simpler world. Fast-forward to today, and the benefits landscape has changed. Many costs have shifted from the public to the private […]
By Dave Jones |July 29, 2010
5 min read
The recent spotlight on financial products hasn’t been limited to complex mortgage-backed products. Insurance-based products have had their share of recent attention, especially when it comes to beneficiary designations. Several court cases involving beneficiary designation disputes underscore the importance of reviewing these designations and ensuring that they are up-to-date and in accordance with a client’s […]
By David Wm. Brown |July 12, 2010
9 min read
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