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Secure your GIA rate with Equitable today!
The Bank of Canada (BOC) recently cut its key interest rate for a second time this year to 4.5%. As inflation cools and the BOC hints at more interest rate cuts this year, the time has never been better to secure a Guaranteed Interest Account (GIA) rate.
Equitable’s fresh client-focused approach to guaranteed investing means:- market leading interest rates1, with even higher rates available for larger deposits,
- a full suite of available account types including the First Home Savings Account, and
- options to invest up to age 952.
GIAs are simple fixed-income investment products that can provide increased choice and value to a client’s portfolio. Choosing Equitable provides competitive interest rates and protection from market volatility. For more information visit EquiNet® and don’t forget to register for our interest rate change alert email.
1 Equitable has made every effort to ensure accuracy of competitive information as of July 22, 2024. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
2 Some available term lengths may be limited starting at age 90.
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New! Evidence of Insurability Schedule
We are pleased to announce Equitable’s new Evidence of Insurability Schedule. The new schedule applies to all life and critical illness insurance applications signed on or after October 5, 2024.
Here are the benefits to you:
● New chart is easier to read with more clarity and transparency.
● ECG and TST are no longer routinely required for Life applicants.
● Blood and urine requirement is streamlined for Life applicants.
● Detailed underwriting requirements for higher coverage amounts and mature applicants.
Please refer to the new Evidence of Insurability schedule (Form #1343) for full details.
Equitable® has the right to ask for more evidence of insurability. We will do this if we feel it is needed to assess the risk.
Key changes – Age and amount requirements
Life applicants:
● Resting ECG: No longer a routine age and amount requirement. This may still be requested at our underwriter’s discretion.
● Treadmill ECG: No longer required at any age or amount.
● Standalone Urine: Standalone urine changed to blood and urine at $100,001 and $500,000 coverage amounts for clients over age 55.
● Mature Age Focus Interview (MAFI): New for clients aged 75+. As part of the paramedical, we will assess the applicant’s Activities of Daily Living, social activities, and word recall ability.
Life and Critical Illness applicants:
● For clients aged 70+, evidence is now valid (recent) if completed within the past 6 months. For all other applicants (ages 18-69), there is no change – evidence is valid if completed within the past 12 months.
Financial/Third-party verification
Reminder – this is required for life insurance amounts over $5M. Our underwriting team will be pleased to assist you with this step.
Questions? Please contact your Equitable wholesaler or reach out to our underwriting team.
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Equitable Now Accepts eSignatures on all documents (Ind. Ins. & S&R)
View the Guide to completing eSignatures
What are the benefits?
● It’s secure because you no longer need to upload or email documents to us.
● It also removes a step in the process for you - we will get the eSigned documents directly once all signatures are completed and therefore you no longer need to notify us once the documents are signed.
● Your documents will be processed quickly and efficiently.
How does this work?
● Including esign@equitable.ca as a non-signing reviewer is the preferred method as it ensures the security embedded documents are accurately and immediately available for Equitable. We will be automatically notified when signing is complete and will download eSigned forms immediately for processing.
● If not using esign@equitable.ca we require the original signed form and audit trail with all the security features intact.
● The email addresses used to sign must match what is in our file (as provided on the application, for electronic policy delivery or through previous communication). If an email address has changed, or we don’t have an email contact for the signer, we will follow up for confirmation.
● We will accept all eSigning Vendors that have the functionality to place the eSignature in the correct signature fields on all applicable documents. If the eSigning vendor does not have the functionality to do this, we cannot accept it.
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Paper Pivotal Select applications (Form #1383 and #1384)
On April 27, 2020 Equitable Life® launched its NL-CB sales charge option to its Pivotal Select™ segregated fund lineup. The new option provides an additional choice to the existing Low Load (LL), No Load (NL) and Deferred Sales Charge (DSC) selections. To reflect the new sales charge option, Pivotal Select applications (Form #1383 and #1384) were updated.
The paper Pivotal Select applications (Form #1383 and #1384) with a version date prior to 2020/04/27 (located on the back page and in the bottom right-hand corner of the application) will no longer be accepted as of July 1, 2020. If you currently have applications with a date that is before 2020/04/27, please destroy them and order new applications from our Supply Team. To order new applications, click here.
Want to be sure you always have the most up-to-date application? Try our EZcomplete® online application platform. EZcomplete makes it easy to process your non-face-to-face applications and allows your clients to provide their signature remotely on their own device.
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REMINDER that paper applications with a version date prior to 2021/04/02 are set to expire July 1, 2
To comply with the Government of Canada’s anti-money laundering legislation and FATCA/CRS changes, Equitable Life® has updated its Savings and Retirement and Life Insurance applications.
If you currently have applications with a version date before 2021/04/02, please destroy them and use our online pdf applications or order new applications from our Supply Team. Paper applications with a version date prior to 2021/04/02 (located on the back page and in the bottom right-hand corner of the application) will no longer be accepted after July 1, 2021 for:
● Savings and Retirement (Form #1383, #1384, #799, #355), and
● Life Insurance (Form #350)
To learn more about the Government of Canada’s anti-money laundering legislation and FATCA/CRS review the following links:
Want to be sure you always have the most up-to-date application? Try our EZcomplete® online platform for Individual Life, Critical Illness and Segregated fund applications.
For a complete list of all forms and applications affected by the anti-money laundering legislation, refer to the following links:
● Savings and Retirement Anti-money Laundering Legislation Requirements Summary.
● Life Insurance Anti-money laundering Legislation Requirements Summary.
● Government of Canada - Guidance on the Common Reporting Standard
● Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
If you have any other questions, contact your Regional Sales Manager or Equitable Life’s Advisor Services Team
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