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Estate Planning

Handling life insurance proceeds

Advisors often recommend life insurance based on the fact that it’s easy for heirs to collect policy benefits. But executors, known as estate trustees in Ontario, still need to know how the process works, and potential pitfalls that can happen along the way.

By James Dolan |September 5, 2014

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Industry

Standard Life net income up 229%

Standard Life Financial Inc. has reported a net income of $158 million for the first half of 2014, compared to $48 million for the same period last year.

By Staff |August 5, 2014

2 min read

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Industry

Insurers shouldn’t ask for genetic test results

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is urging the life and health insurance industry to call on its members to refrain from asking applicants for access to existing genetic test results for the purposes of underwriting an insurance policy at this time.

July 10, 2014

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Estate Planning

When your client wants to change beneficiaries

Advisors often hear first that an heir’s fallen out of favour

By John Lorinc |July 2, 2014

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