Whole Life Insurance
Participating whole life - Equimax Estate Builder®/ Equimax Wealth Accumulator®
In an environment where guarantees are increasingly rare, people are looking for the guaranteed death benefit, cash values and premiums that Equimax participating whole life insurance offers.
Check out the evolution of our Equimax participating whole life solution (August 2023) here: www.equitable.ca/wlevolution
See the changes made in our earlier update (February 2023) here: www.equitable.ca/wl
Key features include:
• Dividends have been credited every year since we first launched participating whole life in 1936.1
• Choice of three guaranteed premium options – payable for 10 years (for Equimax Estate Builder only), 20 years or life.
• Competitive rates and values in both the middle income family and advanced large case markets.
• Retirement and estate planning concepts built right into the Equitable Sales Illustrations® System.
• Advanced insurance planning concepts and support to help you grow your sales in the large case market
Demystifying participating whole life insurance
Learn more about participating policies, how the participating account is managed, factors considered in the dividend calculation, how a client's policy could be impacted by a change in the dividend scale and more. Learn more
Premium deposit fund
A convenient way for clients to prearrange the funding of premiums for Equimax policies. Ideal for clients who:
- Have access to sufficient cash to make contributions into the fund.
- Want a more flexible solution than alternative methods of paying premiums in advance.
- The current Premium deposit fund interest rate for Equimax Wealth Accumulator and Equimax Estate Builder is 4.05%. Find out more
Life policy collateral loans
Equimax policyholders can use the cash surrender value of their life insurance policy as collateral for a tax-free bank loan. Find out more1 Dividends are not guaranteed and are paid at the sole discretion of the Board of dirctors. Dividends may be subject to taxation. Dividends will vary based on the actual investment returns in the participating account as well as mortality, expenses, lapse, claims experience, taxes and other experiences of the participating block of policies.
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Form Number | Cover | Marketing Material Name | Available Languages | Product |
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1875 |
Equimax Wealth Accumulator – The path to maximizing tax-advantaged growth
File
Let Equitable Life show you the way. For advisor use only. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
2043 | 10 Pay Equimax Estate Builder Enhanced File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1271 |
5 Reasons for doing business with Equitable
File
This advisor piece lists the top 5 reasons why Equitable Life should be your first choice. |
FR | General Content | |
1346 |
A closer look at life insurance
File
For advisor use only. This chart takes a closer look at life insurance and highlights some of the key differences between Equitable's term, whole life and universal life products. (Available in PDF Format only.) |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Term Universal Life |
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1131 |
A head start, for tomorrow
File
This client brochure introduces Equimax Par Whole Life for children. Equimax provides affordable permanent insurance at children's rates, plus tax-advantaged growth and cash value that can be accessed |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1791 |
Advanced market insurance solutions
File
Equitable Life is not your typical financial services company. This booklet highlights some of the reasons why. |
CH FR | General Content | |
1782 |
Building a stronger investment portfolio with participating whole life
File
Adding a permanent participating life insurance policy to clients' financial plans can help improve the rate of return and reduce the risk in the investment portfolio. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1782B |
Building a stronger investment portfolio with participating whole life (supplemental)
File
Adding a permanent participating life insurance policy to clients’ financial plans can help improve the rate of return and reduce the risk in the investment portfolio. A closer look at the numbers. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1134 |
Charitable giving through life insurance
File
This client piece shows how life insurance is an easy and affordable way to amplify the amount of a charitable gift without impacting their family's inheritance. |
FR |
General Content Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1291 |
Choice, flexibility, guarantees (Which plan type is right for you?)
File
Use this client piece to help you determine the best plan type to help your clients achieve their goals: Equimax Estate Builder or Equimax Wealth Accumulator. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1562 |
Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer (generic flyer)
File
Provides a generic overview of the Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer concept without a specific reference to Equimax participating whole life or Equation Generation IV universal life. |
FR | Sales Strategies | |
1570 |
Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer using Equimax
File
Are your clients looking for the most tax-efficient way to get the value of their shares out of their company and into the hands of their estate? Choose the Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer. |
FR | Sales Strategies | |
2011 |
Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer® using whole life
File
If clients are looking for the most tax-efficient way to get the value of their shares out of their company and into the hands of their estate, consider the Corporate Preferred Estate Transfer using a participating whole life insurance policy. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Sales Strategies |
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2075 | Equimax Participating Whole Life Strong and Stable Dividends File | CH FR | Participating Whole Life | |
2077 | Flexibility for supplemental income with Equimax File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Policy loan QA File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Dividend Q&A Advisor Educational Series File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1505 |
Dividend scale interest rate 30-year historical performance
File
The following chart shows a 30-year history of Equitable Life's dividend scale interest rate compared to other well-known economic indicators. |
CH FR | General Content | |
1577 | Preferred Estate Transfer - Preferred Retirement Solution File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
SS2 |
Equimax & Term Certain Annuity Package
File
This sales track shows you how to use a Term Certain Annuity to prearrange funding for an Equimax policy. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Term |
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N/A | Equimax Advisor Product Admin Guide File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1129 |
Equimax Client Guide
File
This guide provides clients with the information they need about Equimax participating Whole Life insurance and explains the benefits of Par whole life from a mutual life insurance company. |
CH FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Equimax Client Presentation File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
2071 |
Equimax Product Summary
File
This two page document provides advisors with an overview of the target market, features and benefits specific to this product. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Strategy - Underwriting Considerations File | CH FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1988 | Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Strategy Case Study - Transferring wealth to a grandchild File | CH FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1980 | Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Strategy Case Study - Transferring wealth to an adult child File | CH FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1135 | Excelerator Deposit Option Highlights File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1893 |
Forward thinking ... Equimax whole life insurance for children
File
Smart investing for a child’s future with Equimax. This case study shows how paying a total of $48,000 in premiums over 20 years ($200 monthly) can provide a child with access of up to $288,000 in cash value over 60 years. |
CH FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1025 |
Individual Life & Health Products At-a-glance
File
This guide can be used as an easy reference to all of Equitable's Life and Health products currently available for sale. |
FR |
General Content Critical illness Insurance Participating Whole Life Term Sales Strategies |
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1874 |
Levelize the tax on fixed income investments with corporately-owned participating whole life (corporate clients)
File
This piece illustrates how corporate clients with a large taxable fixed income portfolio can levelize and pay less tax on their fixed income investments using Participating Whole Life insurance. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1153 | Preserving a family legacy with Equimax File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1578 | Preferred Estate Transfer - Preferred Retirement Solution File | FR |
Participating Whole Life Sales Strategies |
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N/A | Tips for illustrating concepts using WL (Preferred Retirement Solutions using Equimax) File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Tips for illustrating concepts using WL CORPORATE (Preferred Retirement Solutions using Equimax) File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
2008 |
Transferring wealth to an adult child - case study
File
This case study demonstrates the intergenerational wealth transfer strategy by looking at the case of an aging adult who wants to leave a long-term financial legacy for future generations by transferring wealth to her adult child. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Sales Strategies |
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1038 |
Understanding Participating Whole Life
File
This client guide provides information about Equimax participating whole life insurance, including some key financial facts about the management, performance and strength of Equitable Life's Participating Account, how dividends are calculated and how they impact the policy. |
CH FR | Participating Whole Life | |
N/A | Excelerator deposit option Q&A File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1195 | Give the Gift of Insurability File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1798 |
Harnessing the power of your cash value
File
When your clients need cash, they may be able to access the cash value of their Equimax policy. This new marketing piece can help you find the option that works best for them. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1799 |
Levelize the tax on your fixed income investments with participating whole life (individual clients)
File
Are clients paying more tax than they need to on their fixed income investments? Each year, if the value of those investments increases, so does the tax payable. By adding a whole life insurance policy to a client’s financial plans, they could increase their wealth by recapturing some of the money they are currently paying in taxes. |
FR | Sales Strategies | |
1815 |
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (corporate borrowing) Checklist
File
Review this checklist with your clients to ensure they understand the Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (corporate borrowing) and how it can impact them and their business. |
FR | Sales Strategies | |
1840 |
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (corporate borrowing) using Equimax
File
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (corporate borrowing) using Equimax whole life insurance. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1563 |
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (shareholder borrowing) (generic flyer)
File
Provides a generic overview of the Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution concept without a specific reference to Equimax participating whole life or Equation Generation IV universal life. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1556 |
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (shareholder borrowing) Checklist
File
Review this checklist with your clients to ensure they understand the Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (shareholder borrowing) and how it can impact them and their business. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1571 |
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (shareholder borrowing) using Equimax
File
Corporate Preferred Retirement Solution (shareholder borrowing) using Equimax whole life insurance. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1828 |
Participating account executive summary
File
An overview of assets and allocation, and the historical dividend scale interest rate. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1360 |
Participating Account Quarterly Update
File
Provides quarterly commentary and updated asset mix for the participating account. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1204 | Policy Loan Highlights (Equimax) File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1564 |
Preferred Estate Transfer (generic flyer)
File
Provides a generic overview of the Preferred Estate Transfer concept without a specific reference to Equimax participating whole life or Equation Generation IV universal life. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1572 |
Preferred Estate Transfer using Equimax
File
The Preferred Estate Transfer is one of the most tax-efficient ways for your clients to build and transfer their wealth. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1565 |
Preferred Retirement Solution (generic flyer)
File
Provides a generic overview of the Preferred Retirement Solution concept without a specific reference to Equimax participating whole life or Equation Generation IV universal life. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1568 |
Preferred Retirement Solution Checklist
File
Review this checklist with your clients to ensure they understand the Preferred Retirement Solution and how it can impact them. |
FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1573 |
Preferred Retirement Solution using Equimax
File
Use the cash value of a permanent life insurance policy as collateral for a tax-free bank loan to supplement retirement income and use money from taxable investments to pay premiums for the policy. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1545 | Premium Deposit Fund File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
SS4 |
Preserving a Family Legacy with Equimax
File
This sales track shows how Equimax can help keep the family cottage in the family. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
1735 | Protecting that Bundle of Joy File | FR |
Critical illness Insurance Participating Whole Life |
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1989 | Wealth Transfer to a Grandchild File | CH FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1981 | Wealth Transfer to an Adult File | CH FR |
Participating Whole Life Universal Life |
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1569 |
Tax and estate planners' guide to corporate life insurance
File
This guide is a support piece for tax and estate planners who want a high-level review of two unique planning opportunities using corporately-owned life insurance to help meet estate & retirement needs. |
FR | Sales Strategies | |
1130 |
Wise thinking for your financial plans
File
This client brochure introduces Equimax Par Whole Life and why it is ideal for your clients financial planning needs. |
FR | Participating Whole Life | |
2046 | WL & Annuity - Child's 10 Pay File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
0610 | WL Annuity & Checklist File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
0613 | WL Annuity 20 Pay File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
0612 | WL Annuity Child's 20 Pay File | FR | Participating Whole Life | |
0614 | WL Annuity Create a Legacy File | FR | Participating Whole Life |
Resources
Excelerator deposit option
Policy Loan
Dividend Scale
- 2024 Advisor dividend notice
- 2024 Policyholder dividend notice
- PAR Account Executive Summary
- PAR Account Quarterly Update
- Dividend Scale Interest Rate history
- Understanding PAR whole life insurance
- Dividend Policy
- Q&A
Sample Policy Pages (includes all dividend options)
Helping you sell
- Harnessing the power of WL cash value
- Which plan type is right for your client?
- Wise thinking for your financial plans
- A head start, for tomorrow
- Charitable giving through life insurance
- Levelize the tax with PAR WL (Individual clients)
- Levelize the tax with PAR WL (corporate clients)
- Building a stronger investment portfolio with WL
- Preferred Solutions for individual and corporate clients
- Prospecting Letters - Children, Financial Planning
- Client presentation - Presentation slides, Advisor script
Sales Solutions
- Protecting that bundle of joy
- Forward thinking ... Equimax whole life insurance for children
- Give the gift of insurability
- Preserving a family legacy
- Premium deposit fund
- WL & Annuity - checklist
- WL & Annuity - 20 pay
- WL & Annuity - Child's 10 Pay
- WL & Annuity - Child's 20 pay
- WL & Annuity - Create a Legacy
Sales Tracks
- Equimax & Term Certain Annuity Package
- Life insurance...Rent or Own?
- Preserving a family legacy with Equimax