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Fill up your tank with Fast & Full – Still time to get in on the action! Thanks to the many advisors that have been using the Fast & Full Life App. in record numbers during our “Fill Up Your Tank” promotion. We’ve set new 2015 records for most apps in a day, week and month during this promotion.Our promotion is now closed to new applications; however, any business that you may have submitted during the promotion period and is pending can still qualify you to receive a $50 gas gift card. Get those pending applications settled on or before February 1st! For full promotion details, please click here. |
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Conference Call with CIO Gaelen Morphet Join us for a conference call on the Canadian and global markets with Gaelen Morphet, Chief Investment Officer, Geoff Johnston, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income and Lieh Wang, Senior Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equities. Find out where Empire Life Investments sees opportunity and how our Funds are positioned for the year ahead. Tuesday, January 12, 2016
12:00 p.m. EST
416 695-7806 or 888 789-9572
Passcode: 8771762 |
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Annuity-Funded Life Insurance Strategy The Annuity-Funded Life Insurance Strategy is quite simple. Clients purchasing a life insurance policy from Empire Life can fund the insurance premiums for a period of time by purchasing a term certain annuity where the annual annuity income matches the annual premiums of the life insurance contract. Click here for more information. |
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E-L Financial solidifies long-term interest in Empire Life Our parent company, E-L Financial announced it has agreed to purchase Guardian Assurance Limited's 19% share of the holding company E-L Financial Services Limited (ELFS) for approximately $200 million. As a result of this agreement, E-L Financial will own 100% of ELFS, which owns 98.3% of Empire Life.
"For years, Empire Life has been an important long-term investment for E-L Financial,” said Duncan Jackman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E-L Financial in the news release. “We are very excited about being able to increase our stake in this great company and reinforce our continued commitment to its ongoing success.” |
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CLHIA Guideline G18 “ Insurer-MGA Relationships” As you know, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) released Guideline G18 “Insurer-MGA Relationships” to help insurers and MGAs address regulator recommendations outlined in the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators’ (CCIR) position paper “Strengthening the Life MGA Distribution Channel”. CLHIA member insurers are expected to comply with Guideline G18 and are working to clarify MGAs roles and responsibilities in light of Guideline G18 through contract changes and notices. Please refer to Information Circular 2015-37 for more details. |
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Mutual Fund distribution estimates available Visit the Empire Life Investments website for our mutual fund distribution estimates. They are based on income and capital gains earned by the Funds in the taxation year to October 30, 2015. Actual distributions will be based on income and capital gains earned by the Funds to December 15, 2015. |
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DBRS confirms our “A” Issuer Rating and assigns Financial Strength Rating of “A” DBRS has confirmed its Issuer Rating of “A” and Subordinated Debt rating of A (low) for Empire Life and assigned our company a Financial Strength Rating of “A”. All ratings have a Stable trend. Read the news release. |
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SimpleQuote Now Available for Download from the App Store We are pleased to announce that our SimpleQuote Insurance Quick Quote apps for both the iPhone and the iPad are now available for download from the App Store. And, the new version of the SimpleQuote apps is fully compatible with Apple's new operating system iOS9.1.
SimpleQuote allows you to quote rates and create compliant illustrations for Empire Life Solution 10, Solution 20 and Solution 100 life insurance products directly from your iPhone or iPad, with the ability to instantly display illustrations for clients or send them the illustration by email. To download the app, go to the Apple Store and search for SimpleQuote. Check it out! |
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2016 weekly advisor pay schedule Read Information Circular 2015-32 for the cut-off and pay dates for 2016. In order for commissions to be reflected on each pay, all outstanding requirements must be in Head Office and the policy settled by these dates. |
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Tip of the Week Did you know that… under the AML Guidelines, the "source of funds" cannot be indicated as "bank account"? You are required to be more specific; for example: Salary or earned income, Pension benefits, proceeds from a death benefit or estate. |
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