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Insurance Business Canada reports that the Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance has appointed Wally Thompson to its board of directors.
The Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) has selected a Manulife executive to join the association’s board of directors.
Wally Thompson, Manulife Consumer Markets vice-president of sales and marketing, has joined CAFII’s board of directors. The appointment comes as Manulife officially joins the association.
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Manulife’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Consumer Markets, joins the Board of the Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance.
The Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) is pleased to announce that Wally Thompson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Consumer Markets, at Manulife, will be joining the CAFII Board of Directors at its next meeting.
Manulife is a leading international financial services group serving one in three Canadians, helping make their decisions easier and lives better through financial advice and insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.
“We are delighted to welcome Manulife as a CAFII member and look forward to benefiting from the insights and contributions of its representatives in helping our Association fulfill its mission,” said Peter McCarthy, Chair of the CAFII Board.
“Manulife looks forward to working with our industry peers within CAFII to ensure Canadians benefit from an insurance industry that is flexible, innovative and robust,” said Thompson.
CAFII is a not-for-profit industry Association dedicated to the development of an open and flexible insurance marketplace. It was established in 1997 to create a voice for financial institutions involved in selling insurance through a variety of distribution channels. Its members provide insurance through client contact centres, agents and brokers, travel agents, direct mail, branches of financial institutions, and the internet.
CAFII believes consumers are best served when they have meaningful choice in the purchase of insurance products and services. Its members offer travel, life, health, property and casualty, and creditor’s group insurance across Canada. In particular, creditor’s group insurance and travel insurance are the product lines of primary focus for CAFII, along with alternate, direct distribution channels.
CAFII works with government and regulators (primarily provincial/territorial) to develop a legislative and regulatory framework for the insurance sector that helps ensure Canadian consumers get the insurance products that suit their needs. The Association’s aim is to ensure appropriate standards are in place for the distribution and marketing of all insurance products and services.
In addition to Manulife (The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company), CAFII’s members include the insurance arms of Canada’s major financial institutions – BMO Insurance; CIBC Insurance; Desjardins Financial Security; RBC Insurance; ScotiaLife Financial; and TD Insurance – along with major industry players American Express Bank Canada, Assurant Solutions, the CUMIS Life Insurance Company, and valeyo (formerly Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company).
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The Canadian Association of Insurance Financial Institutions (CAFII) has launched a website that aims to “educate users about the many insurance options available in Canada” and help them “understand them better” . Created by the Association, the new site describes the operation of “more than a dozen types of insurance”, including mortgage loan insurance and life insurance.
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The Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) has launched a new website that aims to educate consumers on the credit protection insurance products that banks and credit unions sell. The new website (www.cafii.com) provides detailed information on products such as mortgage life insurance, mortgage disability and critical illness insurance, travel insurance and credit card insurance.
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A new website designed to help consumers become more aware of the range of insurance options available in Canada and to understand more about them was launched today.
Created by the Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII), the website explains how more than a dozen types of insurance work including Mortgage Default Insurance and Life Insurance, as well as a wide range of Creditor’s Group and Travel Insurance products. These products include Mortgage Life Insurance, Mortgage Disability and Critical Illness Insurance, Job Loss Insurance, Payment Protection Insurance, Travel Medical Insurance, and Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance.
In addition, the website provides a number of helpful resources including a handy list of Frequently Asked Questions, and information on how consumers can make an enquiry or complaint to their CAFII-member insurance provider. It also includes Association and industry news.
According to Keith Martin, co-executive director of CAFII, the new website is the latest step in helping to fulfill the organization’s goal of making insurance simple and accessible for Canadians.
“Consumers benefit from having a wide choice of insurance products and distribution channels in Canada, but many are not familiar with them or how they work,” Mr. Martin said. “While our new website is still a work in progress, we hope that consumers will find it useful in helping them make more informed choices.”
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About CAFII:
The Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance is a not-for-profit Association dedicated to the development of an open and flexible insurance marketplace. CAFII was established in 1997 to provide a voice for financial institutions involved in selling insurance through a variety of distribution methods. CAFII believes consumers are best served when they have meaningful choice in the purchase of insurance products and services.
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Media contact:
David Moorcroft, Public Affairs Advisor,
Email: david@strategy2communications.com
Tel: +1-416-727-1858
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The Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) is pleased to announce that Keith Martin has joined the Association’s staff team as Co-Executive Director. Keith will work with Co-Executive Director colleague Brendan Wycks, who has been with CAFII since 2012.
Keith comes to CAFII with extensive leadership experience in banking, insurance, Associations, public affairs, and government relations. Most recently, he served as Acting President of the Canadian International Council, a Canadian Association focused on foreign affairs with over one thousand members and 15 branches across the country.
Keith previously led business implementation and client services for Brookfield Real Property Services, a home appraisal management company which serves Canadian financial institutions as its core client base.
He has also held senior roles at property & casualty insurer Royal & SunAlliance Company of Canada; and at Bank of Montreal in strategy, planning, e-business, and the Chairman’s Office.
Earlier in his career, Keith taught for a time at Ryerson University; worked for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada; and served as Director, International Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Keith, who is fluently bilingual, holds a Master’s degree from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, a second Master’s degree in Political Science from The University of Western Ontario, and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Economics from McGill University.
Keith can be reached at keith.martin@cafii.com or 647-460-7725.
