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  1. Equitable Life Webcast Series featuring Fidelity Investments


    Equitable Life® continues to spotlight various aspects of our competitive fund lineup and product offerings. This series gives advisors an opportunity to:

    • learn more about products and product features,

    • hear from industry professionals,

    • learn about investment strategies; and so much more.




    In this webcast, we welcome

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    Join us to learn about the Equitable Life Fidelity® Climate Leadership Balanced Fund Select and Equitable Life Fidelity® Climate Leadership Fund Select now available in Pivotal SelectTM Investment Class (75/75). Learn about the funds’ people, process, philosophy, and performance.


    Learn more

    You won’t want to miss it!

  2. Submit PADs in a fraction of the time? It’s true…


    Skip the paperwork and get Pre-Authorized Debit requests submitted instantly!

    Are you still submitting pre-authorized debit (PAD) requests via fax or email? You could be saving time and effort by using EZtransactTM instead:

    • Pick the client's name from your list of clients.

    • Choose the bank account from a list of pre-filled options.

    • Have the client e-sign the form.

    • Hit submit – form is sent to Equitable instantly.

    • Your MGA office receives a copy at the same time.

     
    No more scanning, saving, uploading, emailing, or faxing.

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    Get to know EZtransact in time for RRSP season and fast-forward your sales process.


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  3. An Exciting Fund Lineup Offered with Equitable Generations Equitable Generations™ is a Universal Life product that offers investment options that resonate with today’s 21st century client while reducing every fee possible. It also reduces the cost of insurance to help clients maximize their opportunity to purchase coverage and build tax-advantaged wealth.

    Fund Features of Equitable Generations:

    ● 34 fund options, including 18 new investment options, tracking funds managed by Fidelity™, Dynamic™, Invesco™ and more.
    ● 3 sustainable investment “ESG” (Environmental, Social & Governance) options – because today’s buyer cares as much about impact as they do about returns.
    ● Target date funds that auto-rebalance over time so that as a client approaches retirement, the fund adjusts its risk automatically.

    Learn more about our new funds:

    ● American Equity Index (ESG)
    ● Canadian Equity Index (ESG)
    ● Special Situations fund (Fidelity)
    ● Sustainable Equity, Balanced, and Bond Funds (Fidelity)
    ● Target Date funds (Fidelity)
    ● Details on funds available
    ● Get all your ESG questions answered with Margaret Dorn, S&P

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  4. Update: Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Benefit Extension As it proposed in its 2022 Budget, the federal government has confirmed it is extending the Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Benefits period from 15 weeks to 26 weeks later this year. The official implementation date and details have not yet been confirmed by the government and we will share further details once they are available. In the meantime, here’s what you need to know.
     
    We will not require or implement any changes to our disability plan designs based on this extension. However, plan sponsors may wish to amend their short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) plans and policies to align with the new 26-week EI period. 

    Impact to short-term disability (STD) benefits integrated with EI

    Plan sponsors with EI-integrated STD may wish to adjust their benefits to line up with the new 26-week extension. 

    Impact to plans with no STD benefits

    For plan sponsors who do not offer STD, they have the option of adjusting their LTD plans to the new 26-week elimination period if members claim EI prior to LTD. This adjustment would help to avoid the plan member receiving disability and EI payments at the same time and potentially being required to return funds due to overpayment. 

    Considerations for plan sponsors

    Plan sponsors who amend their STD or LTD policies to align with the new 26-week EI period should note that there may be inadvertent delays to their employees’ return to work. While collecting EI, injured or ill employees do not benefit from our early intervention services or rigorous claims management practices that could help them get back to work sooner. So, by delaying the availability of STD or LTD coverage, the advantages that these programs are intended to provide could also be delayed. 

    Impact to Premium Reduction Program (PRP)

    The Premium Reduction Program (PRP) allows employers with eligible short-term disability plans to pay lower EI premiums. The eligibility criteria have not changed at this time. The government plans to review the PRP in 2024.

    Questions

    If you have questions about these changes or what they mean for your clients’ disability plans, please contact your Group Account Executive or myFlex Sales Manager.
     
  5. Backdating of insurance applications – New rule now in effect

    Great news! We are making it even easier for you to do business with Equitable Life®. We now allow backdating of life insurance applications by up to 364 days. Previously, the maximum backdating period was six (6) months.

    Backdating can result in lower total premiums for the client over the life of a policy based on their younger age at time of application. But clients must pay all the premiums due for the backdated period up front. Thus, backdating is only beneficial when the total premium savings over the life of the policy are greater than the premium due for the backdated period.
     
    To request backdating beyond six (6) months (up to 364 days)
     No special approval is needed. Simply add a note to the Advisor Sheet requesting backdating or contact us at any time prior to policy issue. This step is only necessary when backdating beyond six (6) months as the application will automatically prompt to save age within the 6-month period.
     
    Note: The maximum backdating period for critical illness (CI) applications remains unchanged at three (3) months.

    Questions? Please contact your Equitable Life Regional Sales Manager for more information. 
     
     
     

  6. Equitable Life Savings & Retirement Webinar Series featuring Payout Annuities.


    This month, Equitable Life is featuring a discussion on Payout Annuities. Hear why payout annuities provide a guaranteed income that is worry-free and receive insights into how a payout annuity can fit into a client’s retirement plan.
     
    Join your host, Shannon Labby, Regional Vice President, National Investment Sales as she welcomes Nicole Lemon, Product Manager, Savings and Retirement, Equitable Life of Canada for a discussion on Equitable Life’s Payout Annuities.

     

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    Continuing Education Credits
    This webinar has been submitted for continuing education (CE) approval with the Insurance Council of Manitoba and Alberta Insurance Council for all provinces excluding Quebec. Upon approval, you will be sent an email notification to come back to the webinar presentation console to download your personalized certificate from the tool bar. To be eligible for CE credits, you must register individually, watch the webcast in full and complete a short quiz. This webcast is available in English only.
  7. Clients can win up to $5,000 in the RSP Grow Your Future Contest!
    RSP season is here and Equitable Life® is giving clients and their advisors a chance to win BIG with the Grow Your Future Contest.

    This contest is for advisors and clients working together to build wealth that lasts through the ups and downs.

    Two ways to win:

    1. Between January 1 and March 1, 2023, if the client makes a deposit into an Equitable Life RSP policy
     
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    2. Between January 1 and 31, 2023, if the client makes a deposit into an Equitable Life RSP policy

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    See full contest details. Grow the future this RSP season!

    Equitable Life is committed to offering clients product, service, and choices that best suit their needs. We are pleased to offer multiple sales charge options, three distinct guarantee classes, and a diverse selection of investment funds.

    Speak to your Regional Investment Sales Manager to learn more.
     
    * Draws occur weekly from January 9 – February 6, 2023.
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    Grow Your Future RSP Contestt: No purchase necessary. Contest period January 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023.  Enter by making a deposit to an Equitable Life RRSP during the contest period or by submitting a no-purchase entry.  Forty-four prizes to be awarded, for a total value of $10,200 CAD. Twenty-one $100 prizes, to be drawn on January 9, 2023, January 16, 20232, January 23, 2023, January 30, 2023 and February 6, 2023. One Grand Prize draw, for a prize of $5,000 CAD, to be held on March 2, 2023. The servicing advisor for the policy to which the selected entrant made the deposit is also an eligible winner: (i) for $100 prizes, the servicing advisor will also receive a $100 prize; and (ii) for the $5,000 grand prize, the servicing advisor will receive a $1,000 prize. For example, if an Equitable Life client is a winner of a $100 prize, the client’s servicing advisor also wins a $100 prize; if an Equitable Life client is a winner of the $5,000 grand prize, the client’s servicing advisor wins a $1,000 prize.  Open to legal residents of Canada of the age of majority. Eligible non-winning Entries will continue to be eligible on subsequent Draw Dates. Maximum one $100 prize per person and one $5,000 or $1,000 prize per person. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries received during the Contest Period.  For full contest rules, including no-purchase method of entry, see full contest rules.
  8. Equitable Life Group Benefits Bulletin - November 2022

    The importance of timely plan member eligibility updates*

    Effective Dec. 1, 2022, we are implementing a revised process for managing plan member and dependent health and dental claims that have been incurred and paid after coverage has been terminated. This new process is consistent with industry practices.
     
    If health or dental claims have been incurred and paid after a plan member’s termination date but before we received notice of the termination, we will align the plan member’s or dependent’s termination date with the service date of the last paid claim, retaining premiums up until that date.
     
    If no claims have been incurred and paid after the termination date, Equitable Life will process the termination as requested and refund any excess premium, subject to a maximum premium refund credit of three months.
     
    Currently, we process the termination as requested and attempt to recover any claim overpayments directly from the plan member. We then refund any excess premiums that have been paid, subject to the maximum refund credit amount.
     
    To avoid claims being incurred and paid after a plan member’s termination date, it is important for your clients to update plan member and dependent eligibility dates on or before the effective date of the change.
     
    If you have any questions about the process your clients should follow for updating plan member eligibility, please contact your Group Account Executive or myFlex Sales Manager.

    QuickAssess®: Absence and accommodation request review services*

    It can be difficult to navigate chronic or complex cases of absenteeism or accommodation requests. That’s where QuickAssess® can help.
     
    QuickAssess is an optional, fee-per-use service that can provide your clients with an unbiased, timely assessment of complex plan member absences and workplace accommodation requests. Our disability experts can provide recommendations to help your clients manage:
    • Workplace absences
    • Chronic or patterned absenteeism
    • Requests to modify workplaces or duties
    • Return-to-work coordination
    • Employee Insurance sick leaves
    Based on a thorough review of information provided by the plan sponsor, the plan member, and their physician, our QuickAssess specialists provide a recommendation within two business days on how to manage the absence or accommodation request.** Your clients can then decide how to manage the plan member request and communicate their decision accordingly.
     
    For more information on using QuickAssess, including eligibility requirements, please contact your Group Account Executive or myFlex Sales Manager.

    **Within two business days of receiving a completed QuickAssess Absence and Accommodation Review Referral Form and all required information. For more complex referrals, more time will be required.

    Finding a health care provider with TELUS eClaims direct billing*

    By visiting TELUS’s Find a Provider page, your clients’ plan members can now easily search for paramedical and vision providers who are registered on the TELUS Health eClaims network and who can submit claims directly to us on behalf of their patients. Searches can be filtered by postal code to help plan members find the most convenient provider options.

    As our direct billing provider for pharmacy, vision and paramedical claims, TELUS Health has an extensive network of 70,000 health care providers that provide direct billing to streamline the claims process.

    Please note, plan members should always check Equitable Life’s list of de-listed providers before selecting a health care provider. The list is available for your clients and their plan members on EquitableHealth.ca, and is updated regularly.

    For more information about TELUS eClaims, please contact your Group Account Executive or myFlex Sales Manager.

    First phase of the Canada Dental Benefit proposed for Dec. 1, 2022*

    The federal government’s new Canada Dental Benefit is proposed to take effect on Dec. 1, 2022, subject to Parliamentary approval. The program will cover eligible expenses retroactive to Oct. 1, 2022, and this first phase would apply to Canadians under 12 years of age.

    If implemented, the Canada Dental Benefit will provide dental care to Canadian families with under $90,000 adjusted net income annually. By 2025, the federal government expects to extend the benefit to children under 18, senior citizens and Canadians with disabilities.

    Parents or guardians will be required to apply for this coverage through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and must not have private dental coverage for the child(ren).

    This new program will have no impact on your clients’ dental coverage and no action is required on their part.

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  9. NEW Jump Around feature available on EZcomplete One of the most requested features is available on EZcomplete® effective November 19, 2022. We like to call it “jump around”. It’s the ability to jump from one part of the application to another and back again. You no longer have to complete the application one section after another in order. This will allow a lot more flexibility when submitting a policy application.

    This functionality is helpful as you can input basic client information ahead of a meeting to review with the client later. After completing the Owner’s step (step 1), you could jump to step five (Subsequent Payment) or step six (Third Party). This allows you the opportunity to easily jump back and add a second owner once you have all their details from the client. You can also return to your dashboard, and when you go back into the application, you will be returned to the owner’s section.

    Hitting the Save button will save the information you have inputted already, so after jumping ahead to a different section, you can return to complete those questions knowing your progress will be saved.  When you have completed all the necessary fields, hitting the Done button will validate all the information and the step will be complete. A check mark will appear beside each completed and validated step.
    Please note, if you go back to a previously validated step and change information you will have to go through all subsequent steps and complete and validate them again by clicking next if nothing has changed or making any necessary changes.

    To Equitable Life®, the term EZ really means something! Learn more about how doing business with Equitable Life continues to be easy.

    Questions: Please contact your Regional Sales Manager

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  10. Expanding Online Annuity Quotation Eligibility Equitable Life® is pleased to announce the following three enhancements to our Online Annuity Quotation eligibility, effective November 1, 2022:
     
    ●  Single Premium Quotes increased to $2million
    ●  Increased Allowed Annual Amount for Income Annuities
    ●  Alberta Locked-In Funds Available from Age 50 reduced from age 55

    Increasing income limits for our Online Annuity Quotation provides advisors with more flexibility to serve the various needs of clients. To learn more, visit Equitable’s Online Annuity Quotation

    For more information contact your Regional Investment Sales Manager or our Advisor Services team Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET at 1.866.884.7427.

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    ​November 24, 2022