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Fighting mad: Maritime Life agent Joe Dickstein says his own family may suffer because the federal budget will raise the cost of the life insurance he needs to give them adequate protection.
Fighting mad: Maritime Life agent Joe Dickstein says his own family may suffer because the federal budget will raise the cost of the life insurance he needs to give them adequate protection.

Fighting mad: Maritime Life agent Joe Dickstein says his own family may suffer because the federal budget will raise the cost of the life insurance he needs to give them adequate protection.

Date11/27/1981
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Facts of life: Life insurance companies consider age, sex and physical handicaps when setting rates, and industry needs relief from human rights laws which were written without regard to such facts of life, says industry's top spokemen Edward Crawford.
Facts of life: Life insurance companies consider age, sex and physical handicaps when setting rates, and industry needs relief from human rights laws which were written without regard to such facts of life, says industry's top spokemen Edward Crawford.
Beaty, Keith
5/26/1980
Not good enough: Robert Bethell, chairman of the federal legislation committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and president of the Canadian General Insurance Group, says an insurance guarantee fund isn't adequate.
Not good enough: Robert Bethell, chairman of the federal legislation committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and president of the Canadian General Insurance Group, says an insurance guarantee fund isn't adequate.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
7/12/1982
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/8/1988
Price difference: Hans Endl, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, holds a bottle of Jumex, the European Equivalent of deprenyl - which costs about $7 for a month's supply. He has no insurance and the Canadian drug, Elderpryl, costs $130 a month.
Price difference: Hans Endl, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, holds a bottle of Jumex, the European Equivalent of deprenyl - which costs about $7 for a month's supply. He has no insurance and the Canadian drug, Elderpryl, costs $130 a month.
Stuparyk, Michael
4/18/1992
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
Goode, Jeff
10/30/1979
Mr. Life Insurance for 1975-76 is W. James D. Lewis, president, Canadian operations, of Prudential Insurance of America, who has been elected president of Canadian Life Insurance Association. A mathematics whiz, Lewis never sold a policy directly - but don't remind him of the little oddity, too often.
Mr. Life Insurance for 1975-76 is W. James D. Lewis, president, Canadian operations, of Prudential Insurance of America, who has been elected president of Canadian Life Insurance Association. A mathematics whiz, Lewis never sold a policy directly - but don't remind him of the little oddity, too often.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
5/21/1975
New Insurance Director: William A. Clement, senior vice-president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance CO., yesterday was elected the first blank director of U.S-based Life Insurance Agency Management Association.
New Insurance Director: William A. Clement, senior vice-president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance CO., yesterday was elected the first blank director of U.S-based Life Insurance Agency Management Association.
Feeny, Edwin
11/10/1970
He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.
He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.
Dexter, Brian
4/2/1990
Fighting mad
Fighting mad
Mahler, John
10/18/1978
Devlin, new executive director of Canadian Life Insurance Association, says varying policy costs for identical insurance, revealed in a recent consumer study, can often result from the differing views on risks held by the actuaries of the various insuranc
Devlin, new executive director of Canadian Life Insurance Association, says varying policy costs for identical insurance, revealed in a recent consumer study, can often result from the differing views on risks held by the actuaries of the various insuranc
Lennon, Frank
3/7/1978
Second french Canadian to head Canadian Life Insurance Association in its 84-year history is Marcellin Tremblay, President of Montreal-based insurance firm, Tremblay says he plans to stick with Quebec whether it seperates from Canada or not
Second french Canadian to head Canadian Life Insurance Association in its 84-year history is Marcellin Tremblay, President of Montreal-based insurance firm, Tremblay says he plans to stick with Quebec whether it seperates from Canada or not
Goode, Jeff
5/25/1978
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
Barkley, Harold
3/1/1972