Insurance

Protect clients when they go to volatile countries

Kidnapping for ransom is a billion-dollar worldwide business run by experts in planning and negotiation. If your clients regularly travel outside of North America for work or pleasure, it’s a threat worth considering.

By David Wm. Brown |January 1, 2012

2 min read

Challenges ahead for life insurers

One year after the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), advisors are gradually becoming more familiar with the impact of the new accounting rules. But even the close of 2011 doesn’t mark the end of the story.

January 1, 2012

5 min read

Don’t overlook entrepreneurial women

With life insurance so many people don’t know what they don’t know and therein lays your opportunity to make such a significant “external influence”.

By Helena Smeenk Pritchard |December 21, 2011

2 min read

Faceoff: Is costlier insurance cost-effective?

Canadian insurers have gone through two rounds of price increases since December 2010. Does pricier insurance still make sense for clients who want to leave legacies?

By Kanupriya Vashisht |December 14, 2011

6 min read