Insurance

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Transamerica cuts shelf to focus on life

Transamerica Life Canada has announced it will refocus its efforts on the life insurance business, cutting back on the sales and marketing of ancillary products and closing its Five for Life investment product to new clients.

By Staff |January 19, 2012

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Web delivers travel insurance commission

As the vast majority of Canadians take their products-and-services search online, businesses are beginning to follow. The financial services industry is waking up to this trend.

By Vikram Barhat |January 16, 2012

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Insuring disaster

The cost of natural catastrophes is rising into the billions. What role does climate change play? According to insurance giant Swiss Re, 2011 will go down in industry history as one of the most expensive years on record, second only to 2005 when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the southern U.S.

By May Jeong |January 1, 2012

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Don’t overlook entrepreneurial women

With life insurance so many people don’t know what they don’t know and therein lays your opportunity to make such a significant “external influence”.

By Helena Smeenk Pritchard |December 21, 2011

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