Life insurance industry – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:46:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Life insurance industry – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Improving how shadow banks cope with stress https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/improving-how-shadow-banks-cope-with-stress/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:46:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=484184 FSB proposes series of recommendations for addressing liquidity issues

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]]> Commercial real estate a growing risk: Fitch https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/commercial-real-estate-a-growing-risk-fitch/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:39:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=483093 U.S. bank failures possible, particularly for smaller banks with higher exposures

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]]> Lifecos face real estate headwinds: DBRS https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/lifecos-face-real-estate-headwinds-dbrs/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:34:52 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=482477 Earnings hurt by declining property values, rising credit losses

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]]> FSRA’s proposed guidance on life agent suitability a good first step https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/news-newspaper/fsras-proposed-guidance-on-life-agent-suitability-a-good-first-step/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481450 Industry and advocates say more work is needed

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]]> Insurance advisors share industry sentiment and needs (charts) https://www.investmentexecutive.com/in-depth_/special-reports/insurance-advisors-share-industry-sentiment-and-needs-charts/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:14:50 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=479882 Insurance advisors answered multiple-choice questions about their industry experience for this inaugural research

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]]> Insurance advisors need ample coaching and tools https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/insurance-advisors-need-ample-coaching-and-tools/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:10:42 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480170 MGAs and carriers are revamping their support programs in response

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]]> FSRA tightens LLQP exam-taking process https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fsra-tightens-llqp-exam-taking-process/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:33:26 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480082 Regulator adopts tougher penalties for cheating, restrictions on rewriting

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]]> FSRA proposes guidance on life agent fitness https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fsra-proposes-guidance-on-life-agent-fitness/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:06:10 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=475869 Draft guidance forms part of larger effort to improve industry conduct

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]]> IA Financial buying U.S. insurance company Vericity for US$170 million https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/ia-financial-buying-u-s-insurance-company-vericity-for-us170-million/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:32:35 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=472537 Vericity includes insurance carrier Fidelity Life and direct-to-consumer agency eFinancial

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]]> Would you like insurance with that? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/insurance-guide/would-you-like-insurance-with-that/ Mon, 08 May 2023 04:08:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=464692 New Brunswick joins provinces that enable incidental insurance sales

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