Micheline Varas joined Customplan Financial Advisors in 1994, where she currently holds the position of Vice President, Living Benefits.
Micheline began her career in the Financial Services Industry over 20 years ago and has developed a solid reputation working in conjunction with several insurers and their respective underwriters. She has grown her personal practice and that of others by specializing in joint work opportunities.
She has extensive experience assisting the brokerage community as well as personal and corporate clients with creative, cost and tax effective solutions and concepts specifically in the areas of Income Replacement, Critical Illness, Long Term Care Insurance. She is the first Canadian recipient of the GBDS (Group Benefits Disability Specialist) designation.
She holds various training and educational events and has been a speaker at numerous international congresses (including The Million Dollar Round Table). Micheline is one of the founding moderators for the Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies.
She has achieved Top of the Table and Court of the Table (MDRT) recognition and has penned numerous industry and non-industry publications. Micheline is a consulting resource to financial advisors, large institutions and corporations on executive compensation plans and pension maximization planning.