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Embrace your key competitive advantage: trust

Embrace the change and build on trust

Helping woman planning retirement

Helping women reach their retirement goals

Women face more challenges in saving and investing for a secure future than men.

Ignoring business disruption doesn’t make it go away

Adapt to changes in the financial services industry.

Amelie Laferriere

Your clients need your trusted advice – now

Amélie Laferriere, Director, Wealth Sales, Sun Life, discusses why clients need your help to secure their legacy – sooner than later.

Kirk McMillan

Clients need your help to protect and pass on their legacy – their way

Kirk McMillan, Regional Vice-President, Wealth Distribution, Sun Life Financial, discusses the Great Intergenerational Wealth Transfer and the risks facing your boomer clients.

Emile McLean

5 CRM features that’ll improve your business

CRM tools are the most effective way of managing all aspects of your advisor business – in many cases, through a simple app on your…

4 tips for building succession plan for advisors

Building your succession plan: 4 tips for success

You’ve helped many clients plan their business succession – but have you thought about your own? Consider these planning tips for success.

  • By: Sun Life
  • April 11, 2019 May 8, 2019
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Chantel McNeily

Four steps to better life balance – and female advisor success

The Japanese concept of “ikigai” could be helpful in finding the balance you need to thrive personally and professionally.

Jeffery waugh

Great news about TFSAs for your clients’ savings

Jeffrey Waugh, Director, Wealth and Insurance Tax Solutions, Individual Insurance and Wealth, Sun Life Financial, discusses the new contribution limit for the TFSA and its…

  • By: Sun Life
  • January 9, 2019 May 8, 2019
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Justin Ezekiel

Could guaranteed investment funds help your business and corporate clients?

Tax advantages of GIFs for corporate clients.

  • December 10, 2018 December 10, 2018
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James Deakin

Understanding the universal life insurance value proposition

We talked recently to James Deakin – Assistant Vice President, Insurance Distribution for Sun Life Financial – about permanent insurance trends and the role that…

  • By: Sun Life
  • October 10, 2018 October 29, 2018
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6 ways to preserve wealth for the future

Strategies to transfer wealth to the next generations.

How to talk about participating whole life insurance with clients

For as long as I can remember, advisors have been asking two main questions about participating whole life insurance (par). Which dividend scale is appropriate…

Stuart Dollar

How to position critical illness insurance as a retirement benefit

There’s an opportunity to look at CII as key person insurance and a retirement benefit for employees and business owners.

New year brings new opportunities for UL

In this article, Dean Chambers discusses how a universal life insurance policy can be structured to offer your clients maximum flexibility, lifetime protection and tax-preferred…

Reduce retirement anxiety

Consider guarantees to close the lifetime retirement income gap

  • By: Jim Lyons
  • December 7, 2017 October 11, 2018
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How you run your practice affects the value of your advice

Where you spend your time makes a difference in offering the most value to your clients

Patricia Michon

Great reasons to transfer money from a RRIF to an annuity

Patricia Michon gives good reasons for clients to move assets from a RRIF to a life annuity, especially the fixed income portion of their RRIFs.

Feeling ignored? 2 barriers standing in the way of your advice

How barriers are preventing Canadians from financial planning and retirement readiness

How life, health and wealth solutions can help create a powerful plan

To retire comfortably, Canadians may need more options than previous generations. They also need your help.

How to pay less tax and increase business value – with universal life

How universal life insurance can help business owners meet their insurance protection needs and minimize the impact of tax on their business.

Clients with private corporations: what you need to know now

You can play a pivotal role if and when change occurs – reassure clients that you’ll be there to help them meet any challenge.

How to be the leader of an advisory team for your client

Learn ways to take the lead on an advisory team and expand your centres of influence.

Encourage your clients to get more for their money

Are your clients sitting on too much cash?

Delivering more value with par insurance

Dean Chambers discusses how the new tax rules create new opportunities for you to help clients take advantage of the benefits of par life insurance.