| WEAK BUY | 28.200 | David Baskin | One thing that always happened with the Quebec based institutions was what was referred to as the Quebec discount because of fear of limited market and seperation. The last couple of years people got over that. Nothing wrong with the company. Prefers Manulife (MFC-T) or Sun Life (SLF-T) simply because they have scope. | 2005-05-24 | |
| TOP PICK | 56.150 | Martin Hubbes, CFA | Flies under a lot of radar screens. Canada only. Great management. Over capitalized right now. | 2005-03-21 | |
| BUY | 37.300 | Bill Shaw | A steady performer. Take out rumours. Good management. | 2003-07-09 | |
| DON'T BUY | 35.600 | Mark Jackson, CFA | Insurance industry has been under pressure from credit and credit exposure, but IAG has avoided it. Prefers banks. | 2003-05-07 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 36.900 | Mark Jackson, CFA | One of the better well run insurance companies. Clean credit balance sheet. Would like to see it at $34/35. | 2003-04-14 | |
| DON'T BUY | 36.030 | Mark Jackson, CFA | Looks expensive. Speculation on it being a takeover. | 2003-03-25 | |
| HOLD | 37.000 | Michael Sprung | Well positioned. | 2002-07-15 | |
| BUY | 44.240 | Ted Macklin | Good company. Could be a take out candidate down the road. | 2002-04-15 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 44.510 | Joe Connolly | (Was a top pick on Nov 28 up 9%) Still likes and buying at current price. | 2002-04-02 | |
| TOP PICK | 40.900 | Joe Connolly | Has had a big sales increase. Well managed. Good price. | 2001-11-28 | |
| BUY | 40.030 | Michael Sprung | Likes the insurance companies. May need provincial for any takeover. Good earnings. | 2001-11-19 | |
| TOP PICK | 42.000 | Martin Hubbes, CFA | Good mngmnt. Diversified. Takeover potential. | 2001-07-11 | |
| TOP PICK | 39.900 | Joe Connolly | Good company even without merger, but expects it will be a takeover. | 2001-06-21 | |
| DON'T BUY | 35.750 | Gordon Higgins, CA, MBA, CFA | Falls under Quebec legislation so don't expect an acquisition. | 2001-05-02 | |
| STRONG BUY | 32.000 | Gavin Graham | Hot on insurance stocks. A safe haven | 2000-10-20 | |
| DON'T BUY | 31.000 | Ross Healey | Financials have stayed in line with techs, i.e., techs rally, so do these & vice versa Ergo, do not expect money to flow from techs to financial on a downturn | 2000-10-19 | |
| BUY | 31.000 | Bruce Cooper | Good values | 2000-10-16 | |
| BUY | 32.000 | Gordon Higgins, CA, MBA, CFA | Ins cos have had good growth. Still some upside. | 2000-10-10 | |
| BUY | 32.000 | Ray Steele | Likes | 2000-10-04 | |
| BUY | 31.000 | Ted Macklin | Expect good growth on banks & Insurance companies | 2000-10-03 | |
Experts that have talked about Industrial-Alliance Life Ins