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Accident & Sickness Insurance: LLQP Exam Guide

Introduction If you’re preparing for the Accident & Sickness Insurance Course and feel uncertain about the Accident & Sickness (A&S) module, you’re not alone. This guide is written for first-time exam writers, candidates rewriting the A&S exam, and career changers entering the Canadian insurance industry who want clarity before they…

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What are Long-term Career Options for Life Insurance Agents?

A career as an insurance agent can be quite rewarding. Selling life insurance, for instance, is a great way to break into the insurance industry, as even novice life insurance…
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5 Tips for Building a Successful Career in the Life Insurance Industry

Building a successful career in life insurance is not easy. It takes dedication, commitment, and tenacity. After you’ve completed a program like the Life Insurance Qualification Program (LLQP) that we…
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What is the Jensen, Sharpe, and Treynor ratios?

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP) professionals and QUALIFIED ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (QAFP) professionals are expected to understand how to properly advise their clients on investments, including risk-adjusted returns. A risk-adjusted return…
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May 2020 Newsletter: The Sharpe Ratio, and Why Does a Financial Planner Care?

Since the fall of 2019, BCC’s financial planning Core Curriculum classes have adjusted to include all content from the FP Canada Institute™ Financial Planning Body of Knowledge (FP-BoK). The FP-BoK…
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January 2020 Newsletter: Regulation of Insurance Contracts

Some of you may have picked up on this notice from the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright back in November of 2019: https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-ca/knowledge/publications/33cf038b/prohibition-on-gifts-of-life-insurance-policies-to-charities-in-british-columbia-by-bc-residents. While I haven’t seen the source document, it refers to correspondence…
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May 2019 Newsletter Article: Employment Insurance for Self-Employed

Living in Alberta, I saw much discussion of child care leading up to this most recent election. Last year, when the 2018 Budget introduced adverse consequences of building up too…
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