Life insurance

Retirement income: Back-to-back annuities

Set it up and leave it alone?

By Melissa Shin |July 5, 2011

9 min read

Growing into your life insurance

Did you know that the consumer advice articles like "Tips on Saving Money on Your Life Insurance" are extremely short-sighted? All they really do is advocate "save money and only buy the amount of term life insurance you need."

By Helena Smeenk Pritchard |June 21, 2011

2 min read

Sun Life targets mid-size U.S. companies

The U.S. subsidiary of Sun Life Financial is continuing its expansion and repositioning in a market that has undergone several upheavals in the last two years. Medium-sized companies—those with around 3,000 employees—and smaller companies are the clients of choice for Sun Life in the U.S. This is one of the strategies implemented by Westley Thompson, […]

By Fabrice Tremblay |March 31, 2011

2 min read

The value of insuring children

Selling children's life insurance is a touchy subject for some advisors while it's a 'no brainer' for others. Just as the "I don’t believe in life insurance" objection usually means that the objector needs to have some myths or misconceptions cleared up about life insurance, the same is true for advisors who find insuring children an unpalatable subject.

By Helena Smeenk Pritchard |March 15, 2011

3 min read