Life

Customize life insurance for wealthy clients

Regular folks worry about debts, mortgages and the ability of their dependants to generate income after they die.

October 19, 2011

2 min read

IFRS will raise insurance costs

New accounting standards could complicate estate planning

By Pierre Ghorbanian |October 1, 2011

3 min read

Insurers to lift real estate fund suspension

Great-West Lifeco is preparing to lift a nearly three-year-old suspension on transfers, redemptions and withdrawals on the $3-billion real estate fund it shares with Canada Life. The move will take place on Oct. 17 and comes nearly seven months after it lifted a similar suspension on its London Life Real Estate Fund. Alf Goodall, senior […]

By Renée Alexander |September 27, 2011

4 min read

Using life insurance to minimize estate taxes

Life insurance can be an effective tool to mitigate estate taxes on your client’s portfolio.

By Lisa MacColl |September 24, 2011

3 min read