Marietta receives a summons from the syndic of the CSF regarding an investigation into her associate. The summons was delivered to her office on May 2 and she took notice of it on May 4. The summons requires her to receive the syndic representative at her office on May 19 at 8:30 a.m. Marietta has already planned for and reserved a week off for a vacation abroad from May 15 to 22. She immediately emails the syndic representative to inform him that she will be out of the country and cannot be present on the 19th. She proposes meeting on the 14th or the 23rd ofthe same month. Pursuant to the Code of Ethics of the Chambre de la sécurité financière, which duties or obligations has Marietta breached?
Kirill purchases a $250,000 permanent life insurance policy on the life of his grandson, Dmitry. Kirill asks his wife Katya to pay the policy premiums and names his daughter, Natalya, as the subrogated policyholder. He does not name a beneficiary. Subsequently, Kirill dies without a will.
Who will become the new policyholder?
A group of high school students visits Jacques, a financial security advisor, as part of Career Day. A student wants to know what an insurance contract is. What will Jacques answer?
Samya and Gary, who are both insurance representatives, are having lunch together. Gary has been very successful for several years and proposes a scheme to Samya to get insurance proposals signed for a fictional company they would create together. He believes that this system would make them millionaires in about ten years. Gary advises Samya to keep their conversation a secret. If Samya agrees to Gary’s proposal, what sanctions could she face?
Ming-Na is a McGill University graduate interested in pursuing a career as an insurance of persons representative. She wants to know which piece of legislation sets out the definition and role of insurance of persons representatives.
Which of the options below is CORRECT?
Zaid married Baheya five years ago in Montreal. A year later, Zaid purchased two individual term-life insurance policies, one on his life and the second on Baheya’s life, each with a death benefit of $250,000. The marriage didn't last long, and the couple divorced shortly thereafter. Baheya went on to marry Omar, and the new couple had a baby together, named Darwish.
Last week, Baheya died in a car accident. While settling her estate, Omar discovered that no beneficiary was designated on Baheya’s life insurance policy.
To whom will Baheya’s death benefit be paid?
Sabrina is an insurance representative with an insurance of persons certificate issued by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). Her client, Stephanie, is a Quebec resident who accepted a job with Service Canada, in Ottawa, and purchased a condo there. Stephanie calls Sabrina to explain that her new job requires her to work in Ottawa three days per week, but she is still a Quebec resident; she spends four days a week with her family in Granby, Quebec. Stephanie asks Sabrina if she can buy mortgage insurance from her to help cover the mortgage on her new condo.
What should Sabrina answer her?
Lily works for Cloud 9 Inc. She earned $120,000 in Year 1 and $125,000 in Year 2. Lily contributes 5% of her income into a defined contribution pension plan (DCPP), and this contribution is matched by the employer. Lily has unused contribution room of $15,000 andwants to know how much she can contribute to her registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) in Year 2.
Naomie meets with her new client, Keisha, to review her investment portfolio. Keisha is a 43-year-old sales representative who has been with Belmont Inc., a large pharmaceutical company, for 15 years. She earns a generous salary, plus bonuses. She also has a group tax-free savings account (TFSA) and a defined contribution pension plan (DCPP), all of which are invested in Belmont common shares.
What main need does Naomie have to address regarding Keisha’s investments?
(Germaine, a shareholder-manager, already has a group RRSP for her employees. She now wants to establish a second group savings plan that allows employees to withdraw money at any time without additional taxes or penalties.
Which plan fits her needs?)