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Two of canada’s big Three insurers are tying their future growth to the emergence of the Chinese economy.Manulife Financial Corp.’s Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has won approval from Chinese regulators to begin doing business in Sichuan province. That will enable Manulife-Sinochem to operate in more cities than any other foreign insurer in China.“Manulife, like […]
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand in on allowing banks to sell insurance in their branches:Whatever the outcome of the Jan 23 federal election, Canada’s banks are […]
A new “guaranteed to issue” critical illness insurance product that is simple in design should be easier to sell than most CI products, says John Young, president and CEO of RBC Life Insurance Co.The essence of the simplicity is that an agent can approve a client for “base” coverage of the Edge Critical Illness Plan […]