SSQ partners with fintech company
SSQ partners with fintech company SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is partnering with financial technology company Now Solutions Group, a provider of remote transactional assistance to … Source: Life Insurance News
Monthly Archive: October 2018
Life insurers welcome Sask. gov't decision clarifying rules that limit deposits
Life insurers welcome Sask. gov’t decision clarifying rules that limit deposits Two of Canada’s largest life insurance companies welcomed a Saskatchewan government decision that clarifies the rules for a type of insurance … Source:...
The many ways of giving
The many ways of giving As these gifts can be technical, it is necessary to consult a life insurance agent … Catholic Missions In Canada, for example, has a gift annuity program. Source:...
Legalized Cannabis May Affect Your Insurance, Even For Non-Users
Legalized Cannabis May Affect Your Insurance, Even For Non-Users The good news is that insurers in Canada have rushed to work on awareness campaigns around driving and cannabis, stressing the importance of not … ...
New channels needed as traditional distribution declines, states LIMRA’s CEO
Speaking at the 2018 LIMRA Conference, Robert A. Kerzner, president and CEO of the organization, observed that “traditional distribution is consolidating, aging and declining.” To grow life insurance and annuity sales, new distribution channels...
Sun Life proposes national pharmacare model
In Budget 2018, the federal government established an advisory council to provide independent advice on how best to implement a national pharmacare program for Canadians. Sun Life Financial put one proposed model forth in...
iA groups four investment entities under the iA Wealth brand
iA Financial Group announced that it has grouped four subsidiaries under iA Wealth, a new brand. These subsidiaries are IA Clarington Investments Inc., Investia Financial Services Inc., Fundex Investments Inc. and Industrial Alliance Securities...
Evolution of Insurance-Linked Securities as an established asset class continues its momentum while facing next stage of development
London, UK (Oct. 22, 2018) – End investors, Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) funds, and buyers – the three groups active in ILS – have predominantly weathered 2017 loss activity with a view that reinsurance products...
Significant growth in M&A insurance continues to shape deal execution
Deal professionals now use M&A insurance as part of their toolkit to protect assets: Aon study London, UK (Oct. 18, 2016) – The recent growth in the use of insurance for M&A deals has...
AIR Develops Advanced Probabilistic Model for Global Cyber Risks
Boston, MA (Oct. 22, 2018) – Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide today announced it has developed a probabilistic model for cyber risk capable of accounting for security breach and cloud service provider downtime...