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What Your Client Should Financially Expect When They’re Expecting

Is your client expecting a new family member? What an exciting time, but equally as scary when they begin to consider all the uncertainties that come with parenting.

First day of school, learning to drive, parties and dating… over the years, there will be plenty of things for your client to worry about as their child grows up and ventures into an independent life – however, finances should never be one of those worries. Here are a few key aspects for your client to consider when laying out a solid financial foundation for the newest members of their growing family. Continue reading “What Your Client Should Financially Expect When They’re Expecting” →

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The Importance of Insurance Reviews – Things Your Client Should Consider

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Did you know that September is National Life Insurance Awareness Month? The perfect time to reach out to prospects and clients to evaluate what insurance they have in place and if it still meets their needs.

A good place to start is to assess your client’s current situation. Your client has different needs at different stages in their life, so good questions to review with them include: Continue reading “The Importance of Insurance Reviews – Things Your Client Should Consider” →

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Melanoma: Through Thick and Thin

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. About 9,000 Canadians are diagnosed annually causing approximately 1,200 deaths per year (1). As a cancer long known to plague mankind, the father of Western medicine, Hippocrates, described these potentially deadly skin lesions as “the fatal black tumour”. For millennia, there was a poor understanding of the causes and possible treatments. That changed in the 19th century when physicians noted the propensity of melanoma to metastasize and later how excising certain lymph glands might prevent the spread of this skin cancer (2). Continue reading “Melanoma: Through Thick and Thin” →

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The Value of Taking Risks

It may seem like an easy decision for your clients to invest in guaranteed return investments when rates are high, but it’s important not to lose sight of inflation. The objective, after all, is to increase purchasing power through earning at a rate higher than inflation. If inflation is, say, 5% but interest rates are also 5% then the real interest rate is 0% and there is no increase in purchasing power. Increasing purchasing power can often involve taking on some level of risk.

Your clients may benefit from exploring the value of taking risks with different types of investments that offer varying risk profiles or tax treatment. Continue reading “The Value of Taking Risks” →

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GIC Laddering

If your clients want to take advantage of attractive GIC rates but don’t want to lock in all their funds for a long duration, talk to them about GIC laddering. Rather than making their entire investment in a 1-year fixed term, encourage them to split it into different fixed terms of 1 year through 5 years. With this strategy, they’ll have investments maturing every year, and will stand to earn far greater returns. Share this calculator to help them see the potential advantages of GIC laddering. Continue reading “GIC Laddering” →

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Assuris Announces Higher Levels of Policyholder Protection

Did you know that Assuris is to the insurance industry what the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) is to the banking industry?

About Assuris

Founded in 1990, Assuris is the independent not-for-profit organization that protects Canadian policyholders if their life and health insurance company fails. Backed by the strength of the life and health insurance industry, Assuris provides a safety net for every Canadian policyholder. Every insurance company authorized to sell life and health insurance policies in Canada is required, by the federal, provincial, and territorial regulators, to be a member of Assuris.

Where OSFI’s stringent regulations are the first line of defence to prevent insurance companies from facing bankruptcy, Assuris offers a second line of defence so that if ever necessary, they will facilitate the transfer of in force policies to a solvent insurer and as needed, provide financial protection. Continue reading “Assuris Announces Higher Levels of Policyholder Protection” →

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ChatGPT and Underwriting: Can We Chat?

The incentive to improve and innovate has been around for as long as the business world itself. The American engineer, Frederick Taylor, deemed that work is worthy of observation and analysis (1). In the early 20th century, Taylor pioneered the time study of work and workers, requiring the observer to use a stopwatch while standing next to the worker, timing task completion (2). In the early 1990s, business consultants Michael Hammer and James Champy coined the term “Reengineering”, launching a movement that aimed to upend the conventions of usual business practices, exhorting managers to take a fresh look at every function and task (3). Continue reading “ChatGPT and Underwriting: Can We Chat?” →

INFOclip: Building Lifetime Protection

Household bills, mortgage payments, car loans and education savings are just some of the ongoing monthly expenses that depend on your client’s ability to earn an income. But what would happen when they passed away – what financial options do they have to protect their family’s short-term and long-term obligations?

As an Advisor, you know that a solution worth considering is life insurance. However, with so many insurance options available, which one is right for your clients and their families? And how can your clients ensure that an insurance solution will fit their family’s budget today and still meet their needs well into the future? Well, they have options.

Watch this video, about an insurance strategy for building a lifetime of protection designed to ensure your clients’ financial stability for today and for all of their tomorrows. Share it with your clients to help them learn more about their insurance options and designing insurance plans to best suit their needs and the needs of their families today, and well into the future. Continue reading “INFOclip: Building Lifetime Protection” →

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Do Younger Canadians Need Insurance?

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In recent years, the COVID pandemic has brought our mortality into sharp focus, compelling us to confront the uncertain and often-unpredictable nature of life. Indeed, this uncertain time has made all of us wonder about the prospect and impact of death, regardless of age or circumstance.

Unfortunately, this period has also highlighted that nobody is too young to consider life insurance. The reasons why one may consider life insurance are diverse, ranging from important milestones like getting married, or having children, and buying a first home, or to simply securing a family’s income and future insurability. Here are a few reasons for your clients to consider life insurance… at any age. Continue reading “Do Younger Canadians Need Insurance?” →

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The $1 Trillion Intergenerational Wealth Transfer

Between 2020 and 2030, there will be a huge intergenerational wealth transfer in Canada – over $1 trillion (1). As an Advisor, are you positioned to take advantage of this transfer of wealth?

If you have mature clients, you understand the unique issues and lifestyle decisions that they face and how these decisions can have a significant impact on the value and transmission of their wealth. As their Advisor, you are in a position to offer unique perspectives and solutions that can make a difference. Continue reading “The $1 Trillion Intergenerational Wealth Transfer” →

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