Monthly Archive: April 2020

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Ontario Blue Cross eases health insurance premiums

Ontario Blue Cross has announced plans to reduce individual health insurance premiums for dental and health care benefits. The reduction, which corresponds to 50% of the cost of dental care and 20% of the...

Principal Financial Takes Slight Hit From COVID-19

Principal Financial Group’s overall income dropped year-over-year with the COVID-19 crisis depressing some sectors and lifting others, particularly a spike in term life sales, according to the company’s first-quarter report and earnings call. Like...

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Canadian Broker Network Expands Membership

Toronto, ON (Apr. 28, 2020) – Canadian Broker Network (CBN), Canada’s leading network of independent insurance brokers, is pleased to announce the expansion of its membership. To our newly formed Best Practices Group and...

Don’t Give In To Fear, Joe Jordan Tells Advisors

Joe Jordan delivers a presentation. The current financial crisis stemming from COVID-19 is different from other recent financial downturns because the present situation has given consumers the fear of death and disability in addition...

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Employers permitted to suspend DC pension contributions, says FSRA

Jennifer Paterson | April 28, 2020 The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario has confirmed it will permit a suspension of employer contributions to defined contribution pension plans on a temporary basis. However, any change to either employer...

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Coronavirus casting light on different ESG issues

Martha Porado  | April 28, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is hastening certain trends that institutional investors incorporating environmental, social and governance issues have been eyeing for some time. One trend is the democratization of technology, which...

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Half of Canadians report worsening mental health: survey

Staff | April 27, 2020 With the increase in job losses, illnesses, uncertainty and self-isolation, how is the coronavirus survey affecting Canadians’ emotional and psychological well-being? Half of Canadians reported a worsening of their mental health...

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BCI joins global effort advocating for sustainable capital markets

Staff | April 27, 2020 The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is aligning itself with other global pension investors by signing a new joint letter calling for long-term sustainability to become a more prevalent concern for corporations and asset...