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The group benefits arena, like many other aspects of insurance, is moving from the age of products to one of convenience as the industry evolves and tries to keep up…

In May 2015, the Ontario government appointed two Special Advisors (Michael Mitchell and The Honourable John C. Murray) to review the modern-day workplace and to consider whether the Ontario Labour…

Dave Patriarche, a zealous mentor and president of Mainstay Insurance Brokerage Inc., believes institutional knowledge is a waste if it isn’t shared. And those on the receiving end aren’t the…

Knowing your market and adding to your value proposition are the keys to thriving in the increasingly competitive group benefits arena, advisors told a recent Canadian Group Insurance Brokers (CGIB)…

The Ontario government is planning to roll out the co-ordination of benefits between the Trillium Drug Plan (TDP) and private insurance plans in the fall of next year, significantly reducing…

The founder of Canadian Group Insurance Brokers (CGIB) wants insurance companies to only make amendments to group insurance contracts with adequate notice and at renewal to ensure clients know what…

Life and benefits advisors need to watch what they say, be careful what they write and keep a robust paper trail of discussions with clients - or potentially face million-dollar…

Are you on the fence about whether seminars, meetings, subscriptions, webinars or credit courses are worth the time and trouble? For the moment, “robo-advisors” are more prevalent in the personal…

Advisors who want to either sell or buy another book of business or corporation need to plan a good three to five years ahead of time to ensure they have…

Hepatitis C, an infectious and potentially fatal virus that harms the liver, is set to spur the largest drug spending growth in the country in more than a decade, a…