Eligibility
- Advisors, sales managers (SM) and branch managers (BM) in the iA Financial Group (the “Company”) Career Network who are under contract on August 2, 2021, or who have signed a contract during the Campaign and who are still under contract when the prizes are awarded.
- Advisors considered non-regular producers in accordance with the rules can only participate in the Contest as individuals (prizes included, except podium).
For advisors, executive assistants, SMs or BMs to be eligible, the fair treatment of consumers must be an essential component of their practice; they must not act in their own interest and must ensure that they offer clients products that suit their financial situation and needs and, for members of management, must ensure, in a reasonable manner, that the members of their team or their branch act in the same way. The advisor’s, executive assistant’s, SM’s or BM’s licence must not have been suspended, revoked or subject to restrictions by, nor should accusations be made against the advisor, executive assistant, SM or BM by a regulatory or self-regulatory authority or by the Company. When determining the advisor’s, executive assistant’s, SM’s or BM’s eligibility, his or her quality shall be assessed by the Company, which retains the right, so long as the event has not been held, to disqualify any advisor, executive assistant, SM or BM who does not meet these quality standards.
KEY DATES
- Pre-Campaign Monday, July 26 to Friday, July 30
- Campaign Monday, August 2 to Friday, October 1 at 4 pm
- Upgrading week Monday, September 6 to Friday, September 10
Application submissions
- You must use the correct President’s Campaign application document.
- Submit your applications and complete documentation as you go along, especially in the last two weeks of the Campaign, so that up-to-date results can be released every Monday.
Prizes
Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be exchanged or given a cash value.
Tracking your results
Release of results during the Campaign
Campaign results will be posted on the microsite and agencies will receive the results by email beginning Monday, August 9, and every Monday thereafter.
Advisors can track their Campaign credits in their compensation reports starting on Monday, August 2 (RFR0010 and RFR0019).
Case reviews Individual Insurance and Savings (iAAH not accepted)
- Use form SRM162A-32-2: Case review request form, available on the Extranet – Advisor Centre
- Requests must be received at head office no later than 4:00 pm on October 13. No requests will be accepted after this deadline.
Final results
Week of October 18.
Advisors
Qualification requirements
- For advisors who are ineligible for the Quarterly Bonus: a minimum of 9,075 insurance sales credits or 19,800 total sales credits (insurance, savings and iAAH).
- For advisors who are eligible for the Quarterly Bonus (less than two years): a minimum of 6,300 insurance sales credits or 19,800 total sales credits (insurance, savings and iAAH).
- Regardless of participants’ situation, the requirements remain the same.
Note: Production from the pre-Campaign week and the upgrading week will count towards total results.
Definition of sales credits
Individual Insurance
The net written business corresponds to the individual life insurance commissions declared in the advisor compensation system (FASAT) in accordance with the usual rules governing first-year commissions and changes. The net written business will also be compiled using this system.
iA Excellence products are included, refer to the appropriate section for more details.
Exclusion :
Products from other companies sold via PPI
Individual Savings and Retirement
Sales credits for individual savings correspond to the commissions declared in the advisor compensation system (FASAT) in accordance with the Vice-President’s Rendezvous rules.
Exclusion :
Intercontract transfers and reinvestments
Group Savings – Individual Pension Plan
Sales credits correspond to 2.5% of the premium for new deposits, only for the types of deposits listed below:
- Deposit for current service (yearly deposit)
- Deposit for past service (plan deficit)
- Deposit for management fees
- RRSP transfer required by the plan
- Additional RRSP transfer on top of the required amount
Credits will be allocated at the end of the Campaign.
Exclusion :
Transfers from individual savings and retirement contracts
IAAH
New: 100 SC will be granted for sales from the Privilege Line or online Privilege Line.
All quotes and sales must be completed within the President’s Campaign period AND must meet the current iAAH allocation criteria, or the sale will not be counted. For example, a sale finalized during the campaign period, but for which the quote for the same client was given before the campaign, will not be counted.
Details – individual insurance/written business and credits
Written business will only be granted for applications with an adequate deposit that are filed or transferred during the Campaign along with the complete file confirmed by administrative staff via LUS.
A maximum of 2,000 sales credits will be granted per eligible contract. The rest of the written business will be paid when the contracts are placed and paid during the Campaign period as long as the sale is filed or transferred during the qualification period.
When an application or an addition of life or critical illness insurance is submitted for a client, the Company verifies if the client has previously submitted an application. In this case, the first-year commission will be credited only when the policy or change is considered to be placed and paid and when the following conditions have been met:
If, at the most recent previous application:
- The Company’s decision was to refuse or postpone the client’s application; or
- The Company or the client cancelled the application; or
- The Company issued an insurance policy and the policy was not placed or was terminated within 24 months preceding the new application; and
- the new application is submitted by the same advisor or by an advisor from the same agency as the one from which the previous application was submitted.
The written business will be cancelled if:
- Contracts filed or transferred during the Campaign period are refused by the client or by the Company while the Campaign is in force.
- A cheque is returned NSF.
- The premium is reduced on a contract filed during the Campaign.
iA Excellence Products (sold via Assure&Go)
Sales completed via Assure&go will be included in the total Campaign results in terms both of insurance sales and total sales credits (insurance, savings and iAAH).
The following will be included in the Campaign results:
- All new contracts created further to an application submitted during the Campaign and any amendments/additions to these same contracts;
- The contracts included must have been signed by the client between July 26 and October 1, 2020, and submitted on October 1, 2020, by 4:00 pm;
- Sales credits will be granted once the contract has been submitted and will be adjusted if the contract is placed and paid during the Campaign;
- Sales credits will be deducted if a contract submitted during the Campaign is refused by the client or the company during the Campaign or for any other reason that would result in the termination of the contract.
The following will not be included in the Campaign results:
- All amendments/additions to existing contracts.
There will be a two-day lag in the results. This means that:
- Sales submitted on Thursday and Friday will be counted the following week;
- The numbers will be adjusted only at the end of the Campaign, to include sales submitted until Friday, October 1.
Advisors will not be able to see the details of iA Excellence contracts counted for the Campaign in their compensation reports (RFR0010 and RFR0019). Every Monday, the « RAPPORT-CONCILIATION&CONTRÔLE » spreadsheet will be sent to agencies, detailing the contracts counted for the Campaign, for all agency advisors.
New in 2021: Addition of IAAH sales credits
Advisors will not be able to see the details of iAAH sales counted for the Campaign in their compensation reports (RFR0010 and RFR0019). Every Monday, the « RAPPORT-CONCILIATION&CONTRÔLE » spreadsheet will be sent to agencies, detailing the sales counted for the Campaign, for all agency advisors.
Managers
Sales managers
Qualification
Obtain, at the end of the qualification period, a weekly average of:
1130 sales credits in net insurance, savings and iAAH OR Sales managers will qualify if they have at least three qualified advisors on their team.
- Advisors must be eligible for the Quarterly Bonus (less than two years);
- Requirement is not increased if the sales manager has an assistant, but the assistant cannot qualify under this criterion.
Calculations and credits
Weekly average equal to:
the team’s total net written business from its regular producers (RP) throughout the entire Campaign (including the pre-Campaign and upgrading weeks) - divided by the team’s total number of regular producers during the eight weeks of the Campaign, taking into account the required minimum of 56 RPs (7 RPs × 8 weeks).
For a sales manager who has an assistant, this minimum required number is 112 (14 RPs × 8 weeks); for two assistants the minimum number is 168 (21 RPs × 8 weeks), etc.
Branch managers 15 regular producers or more
Qualification
Obtain, at the end of the qualification period, a weekly average of:
1,045 sales credits in net insurance, savings and iAAH
Calculations and credits
Weekly average equal to:
the total net written business from its regular producers (RP) throughout the entire Campaign (including the pre-Campaign and upgrading weeks), divided by the agency’s total number of regular producers during the 8 weeks of the Campaign, taking into account the required minimum number of RPs. The required minimum number of RPs is determined by multiplying 7 RPs by the number of teams at the agency, then by the number of weeks (8).
For an agency with 3 teams and no assistants, the minimum number is 168 (7 RPs × 3 × 8). For an agency with 3 teams where one of the sales managers has an assistant, the minimum number is 224 (7 × 4 × 8).
For agencies where the sales managers have assistants, the minimum number is increased by 56 per assistant.
Branch managers Fewer than 15 regular producers
Qualification
Obtain, at the end of the qualification period, a weekly average of:
1,045 sales credits in net insurance, savings and iAAH
Calculations and credits
Weekly average equal to:
the total net written business from its regular producers (RP) throughout the entire Campaign (including the pre-Campaign and upgrading weeks), divided by the agency’s total number of regular producers during the 8 weeks of the Campaign, taking into account the required minimum number of RP. For agencies with 2 teams, this minimum is 112 (14 × 8).
For agencies with only a branch manager, this minimum is 56 (7 RPs × 8).
For agencies where the sales managers have assistants, the minimum number is increased by 56 per assistant.
Notes
Note that a maximum of insurance and savings credits is granted per contract. This maximum varies for each agency/team and is determined in the same way as the iA Trophy. The maximum corresponds to the higher of:
- 10,000 sales credits for sales managers;
- 30,000 sales credits for branch managers; and
- 1,000 sales credits × number of regular producers as at January 1 (agency or team)
Exclusions for credit calculations:
Personal sales from sales managers, branch managers and their assistants are not counted during the Campaign.
Ranking and prizes:
Qualified sales managers and branch managers who do not have the required number of regular producers will receive all prizes in their category and will also be eligible for the podium.
In the case of a tie, the team or agency with the most regular producers in their category (15 RPs or more or fewer than 15 RPs) will be declared the winner.
Reference for regular producers
The average production of sales and branch managers is calculated based on the number of regular producers per team and per agency.
At the beginning of the Campaign, the number of regular producers will correspond to the total active producers as at July 26, 2021 and who meet the following criteria:
- Advisors who were regular producers according to the reference index dated December 31, 2020;
- Advisors who were not considered regular producers as at December 31, 2020, but who are on their way to becoming regular producers as at December 31, 2021, according to report RFR00023 dated July 23, 2021;
- Advisors placed under contract since January 1, 2021.
Advisors who are absent (paternity, maternity or sick leave, etc.) will not be counted.
This accumulated number of regular producers at the beginning of the Campaign determines the branch manager ranking category: 15 regular producers or more or fewer than 15 regular producers.
Each week of the Campaign, the number of regular producers will be determined as follows:
By adding the following to the number of regular producers from the previous week:
- New advisors contracted
- Returns to sales
- Full-time returns from absences (paternity, maternity or sick leave, etc.)
By subtracting the following from the number of regular producers from the previous week:
- Advisors whose contracts have terminated
- Appointments
- Leave departures (paternity, maternity or sick leave, etc.)
Each week of the Campaign, the total production for a team or agency will be calculated by adding up the production of all regular producers for the week. A detailed report of regular producers by team and by agency will be provided each week during the Campaign.
The production of advisors whose contracts terminate, who are promoted or who are absent (paternity, maternity or sick leave, etc.) during the Campaign is accumulated until the end of the Campaign. For team or agency transfers during the Campaign, each team/agency retains its sales.
Deadlines for receipt at head office
Individual insurance
| Credits on written business | Advisor’s responsibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic applications with paper signatures F1E-C | Transfer and submit the complete file by email to the agency | Friday, October 1, 4 pm |
| Applications with electronic signatures (EVO) | Transfer and index the complete electronic file | Friday, October 1, 4 pm |
| Conversion | Transfer and submit the complete file by email to the agency | Friday, October 1, 3 pm |
| Credits on placed/paid | Advisor’s responsibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer of the documents required for delivery of the policy via the tool Business Tracker (e.g., amendments, acknowledgments of receipt, signed illustration, etc.) |
Transfer electronically using the Business Tracker | Friday, October 1, 4 pm |
Individual savings and retirement
Individual savings product sales credits will only be granted for deposits made under existing contracts or when a new contract is opened, for the transactions below. Please note that intercontract transfers are not considered deposits.
| EVO | Electronic application | Paper form | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application with subsequent premiums (cheque or one-time PAD) |
Confirmed by advisor after electronic signature by the client No later than Friday October 1, 2021, 4 pm Reminder: Payment by cheque is not accepted. |
Approved at the agency |
Friday October 1, 2021, 4 pm |
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Received by Monday, October 4, 2021, 4 pm |
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| Application with regular PAD |
Confirmed by advisor after electronic signature by the client No later than Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 4 pm |
Approved by the agency |
Tuesday September 28, 2021, 4 pm |
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Received by Monday, October 4, 4 pm |
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| Conversion of an RRSP/LIRA to an RRIF/LIF | N/A | N/A | Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 4 pm |
| Rollover to spouse (death) |
N/A | N/A | Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 4 pm |
| Loans (RESP, investments, etc.) |
N/A | N/A | Monday, September 27, 2021, 4 pm |
No credits will be granted upon reception of a T2033 form. The credit will be calculated only when funds are received from another institution. Written business will be cancelled if a cheque is returned NSF.
If the deposit cannot be entered electronically (LIRA/RRIF/LIF/Locked-in RRSP), the cheque must be received at head office before October 1, 2021 at 4:00 pm.