Qualifications

Join the club

You work hard to grow your business and serve Clients. It’s time you’re recognized for your accomplishments.

Here are the criteria

You get access to our exceptional suite of benefits by doing business with Sun Life and meeting the following qualification criteria: case count, required first-year commissions and qualifying period.

  • Five Case Count: Settle a minimum of five insurance cases throughout the year.
  • The Qualifying Period: Qualification runs from January 3, 2023 to December 29, 2023.* Program membership benefits begin the month after you qualify and continue for the remainder of the program year.
  • Required First-Year Commissions (FYC): The three levels of membership–Partner, Select and Premier.
Partner Select Premier
50,000 Total FYC 100,000 Total FYC 250,000 Total FYC

1Managing general agency (MGA) principals and national account firms must approve advisors and specialists within their firms to participate in this program. Business is calculated on an individual basis only. Split cases and combined business situations are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Entry into program

Group qualification criteria

Groups can qualify for the Strategic Partner Program; membership level is determined by the group’s total production. This level applies equally to all members of the group. All groups not recognized in the 2023 program, excluding contracted MACs, must be approved by our Vice President, Independent Insurance Distribution to be considered for the Strategic Partner Program.

Three-year qualification criteria

You can also qualify for the 2023 Strategic Partner Program based on the average FYC you have earned during 2020, 2021 and 2022 (three-year qualification).

Disclaimer

*To qualify for the program, you must also have passed all past market conduct audits and be in good standing. In addition, you will go through a standard persistency check conducted by our Independent Insurance Distribution Risk team throughout each calendar year.

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Get in touch with our team

If you have any questions about the Strategic Partner Program, please reach out below.

Contact us

Reach out to your Regional Sales Director for more information about the program benefits and how to access them.