Insurance

Regulators struggle with MGA model

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

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RRSP season? Try UL season

In a Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) survey conducted a little over a year ago 75% of respondents said they look to their financial advisor for estate planning advice and on average it had been five years since they were approached to review their needs and coverage.

By Helena Smeenk Pritchard |February 10, 2011

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Yes, you can insure a drug user

Soft drugs, such as marijuana and hashish do not mix well with each other, nor with traditional life insurance. And hard drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, make for an even tougher combination. The considerations go beyond definitions of legality and extend to the insurers’ risk management processes, explains Lorne Marr, a seventeen-year veteran of […]

By Al Emid |January 31, 2011

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Navigating the critical illness claims process

I recently returned from a Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) meeting held in Vancouver, where I had the privilege of conducting a session entitled 'How to Package the Critical Illness Sale'.

By David Wm. Brown |January 25, 2011

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