Each week, your participation in the This week with Canada Life call gives us the opportunity to provide you an update on continuing to do business in the current environment, global market commentary and to answer your questions.

This week, our host Mike Cunneen, Senior Vice-President, Independent Distribution and Wholesaling welcomed Paul Mahon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Great-West Lifeco and David Polak, Equity Investment Director, Capital Group.

The importance of continuing to stay connected with advisors was reinforced throughout the Q&A session with Paul. While he believes our biggest strengths as an organization include the trusted relationships our advisors have with their clients and our well diversified portfolios, each are amplified by the strong central voice our brand carries across the country. Paul wrapped up with a powerful thank you to our advisors for sustaining our strength in the marketplace.

As an equity investment director for Capital Group, David spoke to the importance of being watchful while looking at the valuation of companies. As valuations have shifted, Capital Group has trimmed some of the holdings in companies they’re currently invested in. David pointed out that in this digital age, companies that are cyclical will continue to be left behind by innovative organizations.

Here’s the link to the recording from Paul and David:

https://onlinexperiences.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&ShowUUID=15BB0272-5D7C-405F-85C1-3673E3669217

Registration for the call on July 8 is now live!

Q&A process
Your questions are important to us. Our team will continue to review all questions that are sent to the Q&A inbox but will no longer be replying to each one individually. We’ve developed a robust COVID resource page and FAQ  that we’ll continue to update weekly.

Keeping you informed
Use these resources to stay up to date on the latest things we’re doing to help you continue to support your clients – you might even want to bookmark them.  

1. The COVID-19 resource page houses all the information you need to learn to process business, educate your clients and conduct business in the days and weeks to come. Take a look and refer back to it regularly.
2. You can also visit the market volatility toolkit for materials to help support your clients during turbulent market conditions.
3. GLC Asset Management Group Ltd.’s News and Insights page includes ongoing market commentary.
4. Visit Your complete guide to doing Canada Life insurance business to learn more about placing new business without personal contact, temporarily relaxed underwriting, claims processes and options to help clients impacted by COVID-19.

We’re committed to continuing to support you and your clients as we begin to focus on the next phase of the crisis in hopes of returning to status quo soon.   

If you have any further questions about what we discussed on the call, reach out to your Product Solutions Centre partners.