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Segregated funds – a secure choice for small-business owners
Canadian small-business owners may be gambling with their financial future by foregoing personal financial protection, especially during times of economic uncertainty. Small-business owners can potentially put their personal property, investments, and even their retirement savings in jeopardy, if they fail to protect these assets. One way to do that is through investing with segregated funds.
Because segregated fund contracts are held outside of the estate, they offer privacy and discretion in passing assets to those you care about most. Segregated funds offer the potential for creditor protection on both registered and non-registered assets, which can be especially advantageous to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Segregated funds offer small-business protection:- 75% - 100% of your premiums (less withdrawals) are guaranteed when your contract matures or on your death.
- Bypass probate and associated fees by naming a beneficiary.
- No deferred sales charges at death.
- Quick payment to beneficiaries after you pass away.
- Private and confidential beneficiary designations.
- Creditor protection may be available in the event of bankruptcy or lawsuit.
Learn more about Corporately Owned Segregated Funds and Pivotal Select. If you have any questions, please contact your Director, Investment Sales.
Date posted: October 10, 2024
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Changes to the PMPRB
Earlier this month, the Government of Canada announced the final amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations. These changes will impact how the Patented Medicine Review Board (PMPRB) sets the ceiling price for patented drugs and evaluates if the price of a drug reflects the value it has for patients. The intent of these updates is to enable the PMPRB to more effectively protect Canadians from excessive patented drug prices.
These changes do not come into effect until July 1, 2020. Finalizing the guidelines and consultation with stakeholders will occur leading up to this date. It is yet to be determined which drugs will be included in the final guidelines. It is anticipated the guidelines will initially focus on drugs launched shortly prior to and after July 1, 2020.
Equitable Life supports the modernization of the PMPRB and the ongoing need to evolve drug plan management tools in order to support the health of Canadians and drug plan affordability for public and private payers.
If you have any questions, please contact your Group Account Executive.
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Equimax® Participating Whole Life – A whole life solution for everyone
Recently, we made some exciting changes for Equimax Estate Builder® and Equimax Wealth Accumulator®.
These enhancements, launched in February, make Equimax the preferred solution for clients and their families. In particular, buying a whole life solution for children gives them a head start for tomorrow. Life insurance on a child gives them:
- Permanent insurance at children’s rates
- A stable tax-advantaged investment option
- A boost in financial planning
Watch our new Equimax for Children video to learn more. View on Vimeo or YouTube.
Plus, visit our Equimax product page on EquiNet®, then click on the Marketing Materials tab for the latest Equimax marketing materials.
Need more information? Please contact your local wholesaler.
® denotes trademarks of The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada.
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What’s new in EZtransact
We’re excited to introduce the latest enhancement for EZtransact™, our digital self-serve tool. EZtransact now allows you to help clients:
• Easily make segregated fund withdrawals. This functionality is available for all account types, and for the First Home Savings Account, it also eliminates the need to submit additional CRA paper forms.
• Transfer from one fund to another fund digitally, within the same policy and same sales charge options.
These enhancements make it easier than ever to do business with Equitable®. They will help reduce your time spent on paperwork, allowing to you focus on more value-add time and services for clients.
Check out EZtransact. Stay tuned for more exciting digital enhancements coming soon!
If you have any questions, please contact your Director, Investment Sales.
Date posted: July 11, 2024 -
Easier than ever with Equitable and EZtransact
Equitable® keeps improving our digital self-serve tool, EZtransact®. Our latest enhancements make it easier than ever to do business with us.
What's new?
Dollar cost averaging transaction- Advisors can now submit new dollar cost averaging requests through the Fund Switch transaction in EZtransact. A new recurring switch type is available.
- When submitting a new request, you'll need to enter the amount, frequency, date of transfers, and the funds involved.
- If a client has an active request, you can change the amount, frequency, date, and funds.
- After you submit the request, the client will get an email to sign. Once they e-sign, the request goes directly to Equitable.
Other recent enhancements include:- Segregated fund withdrawals and fund transfers
- New dashboard for client search, transaction management enhancements and signing process improvements
Date posted: December 11, 2024 -
Simpler juvenile policy approvals
A win for you and clients
Get insurance protection in place more quickly for kid’s policies with an enhanced juvenile underwriting model. It’s an industry-leading predictive model that extends existing auto-assess capabilities for your juvenile applications.
What does this mean for you?
You will notice reduced wait times as clients get the protection they need faster. And you will receive your commission quicker as well. This gives both you and your Equitable® underwriter time to focus on supporting your complex cases to bring you our best offer. The new auto-approval model for juvenile policies is a win for all.
Give us a try!
See for yourself how we can help you get protection in place for clients quickly.
Contact your Equitable wholesaler for more information.
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Spring update and dividend scale for 2025/2026
Good news! The Equitable® Board of Directors has approved continuing our current dividend scale for the period of July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
• The interest rate* we use to decide the dividend scale will stay at 6.40%.
• Other factors used to decide the dividend scale will stay the same.
• The interest rate for policies with dividends on deposit will stay at 3.50%.
• The interest rate for most policy loans will stay at 6.50%. This applies to both new and existing policy loans, and automatic premium loans. It specifically applies to Equimax® policies with a 9-digit policy number that starts with either "3" or "8". Older policies may have different loan rates as they are based on the prime interest rate.
*The dividend scale interest rate (DSIR) is different from the participating account (PAR) rate of return. The DSIR smooths out the ups and downs of the participating account experience. The PAR rate of return is the return on the investments in the participating account over the calendar year.
Need more information?
Did you miss our Spring Update & 2025 Dividend Scale Announcement?
Watch it now:
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Exciting update: External transfer now available on EZtransact!
We are thrilled to announce a new feature that will make your work easier and more efficient.
What’s new this quarter?
The External Transfer function was introduced to Equitable’s EZtransact® on May 14.
Benefits of this enhancement:
This feature is part of our strategic plan to help make transactions smoother for you. It was already available in EZcomplete®, and now it’s on EZtransact too. This means you won’t have to search for information about the relinquishing institution anymore. You can submit requests with ease.
External Transfer Functionality:If you have any questions, reach out to your Director, Investment Sales.
• You can digitally request a transfer of funds from other institutions to Equitable.
• Information about the relinquishing institution will be available on EZtransact, so you don’t have to search for it.
• Both full and partial transfer requests are available.
• It’s available for registration types that don’t need the RC720/RC721 form and for individual accounts.
When we work together, success is mutual.
Date posted: July 3, 2025 -
Simplified Alternative ID Process is Now Available
We have updated form 1710 to help you validate your client’s identification when you are not face-to-face, or if your client does not have one of the primary sources of ID.
Form 1710, Verification of Identity for Policyowner, will simplify the ID collection process currently in place. This form will help you with the validation of ID and provide you with space to record the details. New with this form is the ability to validate your client’s ID over a video call by documenting the details of the ID, and then having your client hold up the document and read the information for you to validate. You no longer need to obtain and submit copies of the identification documents to Equitable.
If your client requests the use of the Alternate ID process for a paper application, you can use this form to satisfy your identification validation requirements.
For more information, please see Section 2 of Form 1710 entitled “Alternate ID”. As well, you can refer to the “how to complete form 1710” Guide for further details.
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