Trusts

Retirement crisis overblown: Hamilton

Despite dire warnings in the press that Canada’s pension plans are set to implode, one of the country’s most respected actuaries says the problem isn’t really that bad. In fact, Canadians are in an enviable position compared to most other countries. “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Canada has one of the best retirement systems […]

By Steven Lamb |January 12, 2010

5 min read

Indulgent incentives

Our agency recently won two contests, separately held by two large insurance companies. Both awards, based on productivity levels, included lavish holidays or conference trips worth thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, because of time constraints, we were unable to take advantage of either. One of the insurance companies, understanding the reason we couldn’t attend, uncharacteristically doled […]

By David Wm. Brown |August 1, 2008

3 min read