Physiotherapists are turning to virtual visits — but insurance can be a pain in the neck ABOVE: Temporary closure of physiotherapy services due to COVID-19 has many worried. Editor’s Note: Equitable Life contacted Global News after publication and confirmed the company does cover physiotherapy offered remotely if it is part of a person’s benefit plan. They are looking specifically into Patricia’s case. For Patricia, a Toronto woman living with endometriosis, pelvic physiotherapy is a critical tool for her painful chronic condition. Global News has chosen to use a pseudonym to protect her privacy. Unfortunately, Patricia’s clinic is now closed due to concerns over the...
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Every day, the Covid-19 pandemic costs the world thousands more lives and billions more dollars. The most efficient way to bring this crisis to an end — possibly as early as next year — is with a safe and effective vaccine, manufactured in large quantities and distributed globally. To avoid any unnecessary delays, governments should take this moment, while researchers work to develop the right formula, to prepare the ground for rapid production and broad, equitable deployment. This is the principle on which the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access (Covax) Facility is based. Created by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...
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Recently published report on Annuities Insurance Market by Orbis Research includes market overview, detailed literature on products, services and overall industry scenario by 2024. The key categories covered in the market segmentation are region, applications and key players. The report on Annuities Insurance is a comprehensive collection of all the market related information required for analyzing and understanding the Annuities Insurance market. It gives an in depth view of the market on the basis of manufacturers, capacity, production, price, revenue, cost, gross, sales volume, sales revenue, consumption, growth rate, import, export, supply, future strategies, and the technological...
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Whole Life Insurance – Equitable Life Equitable Life is an insurance provider in Canada and offers whole life insurance. The product name for their whole life policy is Equimax. Equimax provides participating* whole life insurance that offers permanent protection with guaranteed premiums, cash values and death benefit. The cash value can be accessed to fund education, renovate your home or even supplement your retirement income. Use it in any way you choose. Equimax can help you: Provide for your loved ones The death benefit can be used to replace your income and maintain your family’s lifestyle. Create an inheritance The tax-free death benefit creates an instant legacy for your...
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Legacy policyholders still with the pension company are due a windfall. Pension company Equitable Life is set to shut down, 18 years after it almost collapsed. So long as members agree to the move in a vote scheduled for 2019, the insurer will transfer all policies to Reliance Life and its with profits fund will be closed for good. In 2000, Equitable Life was hit by a major financial scandal which caused it to almost collapse. It had failed to put enough money aside to pay for promised pension payouts. Since then the company has been closed to any new business. Policyholders will forgo current policy guarantees, but they are set to benefit from a large windfall. A total of £1.8 billion...
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Equitable Life of Canada posts strong results for 2018 WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equitable Life, one of Canada’s largest mutual life insurance companies, had another outstanding year in 2018, with strong growth across all lines of business. The Company finished the year with one of the highest capital ratios in the industry as measured by the Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (LICAT). The Company reported premiums and deposits of $1.4 billion in 2018, contributing to $4.3 billion of assets under administration. Growth was bolstered by strong sales. The Savings and Retirement business set a new record of $380 million, an increase of 22% over last year. The...
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Feature offers clients the ability to capture potential investment gains in up and down equity markets Equitable, a leading financial services company and subsidiary of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH ), today announced enhancements to its Structured Capital Strategies PLUS registered index-linked annuity that offers clients some upside potential even when the S&P 500 benchmark index goes down. The new feature, Dual Direction, is available within SCS PLUS annuities with the S&P 500 as the benchmark index. Dual Direction offers clients the following benefits: If the S&P 500 benchmark index declines up to or equal to 10% at the end of the six-year investment time frame, clients...
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Equitable, a leading financial services company and subsidiary of Equitable Holdings (NYSE:EQH), today announced enhancements to its Structured Capital Strategies PLUS registered index-linked annuity that offers clients some upside potential even when the S&P 500 benchmark index goes down. The new feature, Dual Direction, is available within SCS PLUS annuities with the S&P 500 as the benchmark index. Dual Direction offers clients the following benefits: If the S&P 500 benchmark index declines up to or equal to 10% at the end of the six-year investment time frame, clients earn a positive return equal to the percentage of the decline up to or equal to 10%. If the S&P 500...
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Obituary: Louise Reichgott Endel, 98; Formerly Of North Haven Her early involvement in the League of Women Voters, Girl Scouts & Ridge Road School's PTA eventually led to a lifetime of community service Louise Reichgott Endel (Image via Beecher & Bennett Funeral Home) Information via Beecher & Bennett Funeral Home Louise Reichgott Endel, 98, formerly of Vista Road in North Haven, died on April 27, 2020 of the COVID 19 virus. Her husband of 56 years, Charles Endel, predeceased her in 2000. Louise's parents, Henry (Yale '14) and Sadie Reichgott met in New Haven and raised their family of four girls in St. Louis, Missouri where Henry became the 1st Jewish Vice President of Equitable...
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Equitable Holdings, Inc. Schedules Announcement of First Quarter 2020 Results Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH ) announced today that it will release financial results for the first quarter of 2020 after the market closes on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The company will host a conference call webcast on Friday, May 8, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results. The conference call webcast, along with additional earnings materials will be accessible on the company's investor relations website at ir.equitableholdings.com. Please log on to the webcast at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary software. To join the conference call via telephone, please use one of...
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