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Industry
How is Distribution evolving, and what are the forces at play in this evolution? Will managing general agents (MGAs) get their own self-regulatory organization? Does the Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA), and the distribution model it oversees, have a future? Is there a place for smaller players in the emerging landscape, or does the writing on the wall say only big guns need apply? What does the evolution of the distribution space mean for advisors, and the clients whom they serve?
By Staff |June 15, 2011
10 min read
Advisor.ca content editor Vikram Barhat reports live from the Advisor Group’s 2011 Distributors’ Summit in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The conference ran from Tuesday, May 31 and through Thursday, June 2. Read Vikram’s coverage below: That’s it for my coverage from Niagara Falls. The 2011 Distributors’ Summit now concludes. I’d like to thank our sponsors for […]
By Vikram Barhat |May 30, 2011
17 min read
Life
The Independent Financial Brokers is encouraging participants in the insurance industry to speak up about the role of managing general agencies in the industry. The call comes in response to the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators’ examination of the distribution model. “This is an excellent opportunity for those who conduct life insurance business under an […]
By Staff |March 11, 2011
1 min read
The Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators has released an “issues paper” on the managing general agencies model of insurance distribution, and is calling on the industry for input into how the market should be regulated. In some ways, the release of the paper is an admission that regulators still don’t have much of a grasp […]
By Steven Lamb |February 11, 2011
3 min read
Canada Life has announced it is now offering a new Canadian Insurance Transaction Standardization (CITS)-approved “inforce” data feed to managing general agencies and national accounts with which it deals. The company already offers a CITS “pending” business-to-business feed. Together the feeds allow distributors to easily access information on both their inforce and pending business with […]
By Staff |January 10, 2011
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