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Zurich makes $8.8B bid for insurance rival RSA Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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Zurich makes $8.8B bid for insurance rival RSA

Property and casualty insurance company Zurich has made a provisional $8.8 billion takeover bid for rival RSA, reports Canadian Insurance Top Broker. Zurich has 28 days to make a firm offer, walk away or ask for more time to consider the deal. If it goes through, the deal would be among the biggest insurance takeovers […]

August 25, 2015

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Canadians worry about family finances after death

Half of Canadians worry their deaths will jeopardize their family’s financial stability

By Staff |August 5, 2015

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Golf star’s injury a lesson for athlete clients Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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Golf star’s injury a lesson for athlete clients

Golf fans excited about next week’s British Open got some terrible news this morning: world number one Rory McIlroy announced on Twitter that he suffered a major ankle injury during “a soccer kickabout with friends on Saturday.”

By Staff |July 6, 2015

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Wealthy to spend more than $12k this year on vacations Fallback Image Decorative pattern

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Wealthy to spend more than $12k this year on vacations

Affluent Canadians (those with investible assets of $1 million or more) expect to spend an annual average of $12,393 on leisure travel (including airfare, accommodation, food, etc.), according to a BMO Private Banking report.

By Staff |July 2, 2015

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