Monthly Archive: December 2018

CI Financial acquires WealthBar

CI Financial Corp.has acquired a majority stake in WealthBar Financial Services Inc., an online wealth management and financial planning platform.

The 10 most popular articles of 2018

The 10 most popular articles of 2018 As the year 2018 draws to a close, The Insurance Journal suggests you … Manulife, Canada Life and ACE INA (Chubb) were sanctioned a total of $2.1 … ...

Hub International Acquires Employee Benefits Practice Of Rise People Inc.

Vancouver-based HR solutions provider is Hub’s latest acquisition Chicago, IL (Dec. 17, 2018) – Hub International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, announced today that it has acquired the employee benefits practice of...

Alabama Agent Pleads Guilty To Securities And Insurance Fraud

Ronald Warren Powell pleaded guilty in the Colbert County Circuit Court on Monday to one count of Securities Fraud for engaging in an act, practice, or course of business which operated as a fraud...

Global Investments in InsurTech: Digitalization Taking Hold

Total global investment in insurance was US$4.5 billion across 101 deals in 2017: Aite Group report Boston, MA (Dec. 12, 2018) – The global insurance industry is undergoing an identity refresh influenced a great...

Health insurance on demand? Some are betting on it

Health insurance on demand? Some are betting on it A startup is trying to shake up health insurance by letting customers buy some of their coverage only when they need it. Bind Benefits has...

World Financial Group Agents Get iPipeline Software Capability

iPipeline® – a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the life insurance and financial services industry – today reported World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc. (WFG), an insurance agency with over 50,000 agents,...

Do you need life insurance?

Do you need life insurance? Most Canadians need some type of life insurance and many of them don’t have the coverage they need. The most common reasons are not knowing … Source: Life Insurance...