Living benefits

Living Benefits

Manulife partners with Cleveland Clinic Canada

The collaboration aims to promote better health outcomes within group benefits

By Staff |January 26, 2023

1 min read

Planning and Advice

Tips for two tough conversations with clients

Care needs, living benefits were topics at IFB’s fall summit

By Michelle Schriver |November 9, 2022

3 min read

Living Benefits

Premium Advice — Planning for the unexpected job loss

An unfortunate reality today is that some clients are finding themselves without work

By Chris Paterson |May 29, 2013

4 min read

Industry

Domestic insurers gaining market share

The Canadian insurance market has continued to deglobalize with the rise of domestic insurers.

By Staff |January 16, 2013

1 min read

What’s the cost of employee benefit plans?

Many employees place almost as much value on workplace benefits as they do on salary. In a 2011 survey asking Canadians if they’d forgo them for a $20,000 raise, 56% said they’d keep their benefits.

By Stuart Foxman |October 18, 2012

2 min read

Disability coverage

Clearing the DI sales hurdle Disability insurance isn’t the sexiest or most lucrative offering in an insurance advisor’s lineup. The policies have a lot of moving parts, clauses and conditions, a lot of clients are already insured and there are no large ticket sales if you’re selling to the average middle class client. But DI […]

By Staff |February 27, 2012

2 min read

Sun Life axes LTCI Specialist model

The Canadian life and health insurance industry is witnessing some dramatic developments. Barely a day after Standard Life's announcement that it would discontinue its individual life insurance and critical illness products, there is word that Sun Life Financial has dismantled its long term care insurance (LTCI) specialist model.

By Vikram Barhat |November 30, 2011

3 min read

DI discussion checklist

Do your clients have adequate protection in the event they become ill and unable to work? If not, now may be the time to initiate a discussion with them about owning an individual disability insurance policy. Let them know where their coverage may be lacking if they are part of a group policy.

By Staff |November 23, 2011

3 min read

Living benefits

Manulife partners with Cleveland Clinic Canada

Tips for two tough conversations with clients

Premium Advice — Planning for the unexpected job loss

Domestic insurers gaining market share

What’s the cost of employee benefit plans?

Changing lifecycles put premium on insurance

Disability coverage

Don’t overlook entrepreneurial women

Sun Life axes LTCI Specialist model

DI discussion checklist