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C A J U LY 2 0 0 8 N A D A ’ S M A G A Z I N E F O R T H E F I N A N C I A L P R O F E S S I O N A L W W W . A D V I S O R CASHING . C OUT A YOUR RETIRING CLIENTS NEED YOU to develop income solutions. PASSIVE SAVING WITH ADVANTAGE INSURANCE P.10 P.25 Rogers Publishing Limited, P.O. Box 720, Station K, Toronto, ON M4P 3J6 • PM 40070230 R10969 AE07_OFC.indd 1 06/18/2008 01:49:30 PM ADVISOR Group/Groupe CONSEILLER consists of Advisor’s Edge, Advisor’s Edge Report, Advisor.ca, Advisor Live, Objectif Conseiller, Conseiller.ca and Conseillers En Direct. vol.11 no.7 J U LY 2 0 0 8 ADVISOR’S EDGE Philip Porado, Editor; Advisor Group Conferences Editor (416) 764-3802 [email protected] Heidi Staseson, Associate Editor (416) 764-3804 18 CASHING OUT [email protected] Your retiring clients need you to develop income solutions. 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Newbies won’t know whether to wear a suit, jeans, the editor, press releases, promotional items and images) from or surfing shorts to client meetings. time to time. Advisor’s Edge, its affiliates and assignees may use, reproduce, publish, re-publish, distribute, store and archive such To the more experienced, I offer this plea. You have a golden opportu- submissions in whole or in part in any form or medium whatsoever, without compensation of any sort. nity to give back to younger advisors. Help them benefit from your expe- rience; your wisdom. They need to learn, and you have the knowledge. Tricky times are ahead, so help make a difference. AE PORADO www.advisor.ca 0 7 2 0 0 8 AE 5 AE07_005.indd 5 06/18/2008 12:04:37 PM U N D E R W R I T I N G T I P S LEAVE NO BLANKS ONE of the biggest head- cated society, most advisors aches for advisors working in know they should list the FRONT the insurance space is the re- prescriptions their client turned application. 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If we knew with still being submitted in red complete.” —Steven Lamb ink, or have been filled out certainty how long clients with a felt-tip pen. STATS would live, our jobs would Next, avoid vague an- swers, such as describing a 3 in 10 be simple.” READ client as a “social drinker,” insurance advisors 8 because the advisor’s defini- 0 IT CLAY GILLESPIE, say they have a 0 2 , ROGERS GROUP FINANCIAL tion of social means little to h c succession plan in r a e the carrier.