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Insurance companies may become responsible for candidly reporting their own risk factors

  • February 2, 2006 February 2, 2006
  • 14:37

Insurance industry warns sale of insurance products at credit unions will jeopardize client protection

  • February 2, 2006 February 2, 2006
  • 14:36

Regulator wants to stop company it alleges is marketing viatical settlements

  • February 2, 2006 February 2, 2006
  • 14:34

The most important succession planning step an insurance advisor can take is obtaining a proper valuation of the business

  • February 2, 2006 February 2, 2006
  • 11:53

“Split-receipting” stipulates the value of a gift of appreciation must be deducted from the donation amount for tax-receipt purposes

  • February 2, 2006 February 2, 2006
  • 11:50

Four mutual fund firms face a class-action lawsuit over market-timing; allegations are that companies breached fiduciary duties

  • January 27, 2006 January 27, 2006
  • 14:26

Unsophisticated clients nearing retirement often fall victim to these schemes

  • January 27, 2006 January 27, 2006
  • 13:58

Two of canada’s big Three insurers are tying their future growth to the emergence of the Chinese economy.Manulife Financial Corp.’s Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has won approval from Chinese regulators to begin doing business in Sichuan province. That will enable Manulife-Sinochem to operate in more cities than any other foreign insurer in China.“Manulife, like […]

  • January 27, 2006 January 27, 2006
  • 11:51

As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand in on allowing banks to sell insurance in their branches:Whatever the outcome of the Jan 23 federal election, Canada’s banks are […]

  • January 9, 2006 January 9, 2006
  • 13:20

A new “guaranteed to issue” critical illness insurance product that is simple in design should be easier to sell than most CI products, says John Young, president and CEO of RBC Life Insurance Co.The essence of the simplicity is that an agent can approve a client for “base” coverage of the Edge Critical Illness Plan […]

  • January 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
  • 14:58