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1) Changes in the insurance industry in the last 30+ years. 2) How to add value and provide service to the older population. 3) Advice to new advisers. 4) Disability Credit Protect Rider that Empire Life has. 5) The role technology plays in the insurance industry today. Speaker: Peter A. Wouters. Director, Tax Retirement & Estate Planning Services Peter devotes much of his time working with independent advisors and other professionals uncovering issues and concerns faced by affluent individuals, professionals and business owners. He supports their efforts in researching and developing optimal solutions for clients aimed at improving their financial well-being and supporting their personal wishes and lifestyles. He has provided 1000s of workshops, seminars and technical support throughout the country on tax, retirement and estate planning issues, concepts and strategies. Peter, an accredited Registered Financial Gerontologist, educates people of all professions who work with or specialize in the needs, expectations and issues of an aging population. Comprehensive lifestyle planning is an important element of these processes. He has been repeatedly interviewed on regional and national television, radio, newspapers and journals as a subject matter expert on various industry issues and developments. He is a prolific writer on matters dealing with retirement, financial and lifestyle planning. Among his many professional and industry affiliations are: CALU (Conference of Advanced Life Underwriting), the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, the Institute of Research & Planning, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the American Institute of Financial Gerontology and the American Society on Aging. He is faculty chair of the International Elder Planning Counsellor program. A graduate of McMaster University, Northeastern University and Widener University, Peter has over three decades of experience. He is a true student of business as attested to by 16 professional designations. His articles have been published in newspapers, industry bulletins and trade journals throughout the world. https://www.empire.ca/bios/peter-wouters