MTHEL 131. Business writing: Group benefits insurance

essay should be within 600-800 words

MTHEL 131
Writing Assignment
This writing assignment is intended to help you understand the differences betweenacademic and business writing. The assignment involves writing on two separate topics.There are four topics to choose from: three business writing options and one academicoption, an informative essay. While you may be quite familiar with the formality andobjectivity of academic writing, you may not have encountered the greater informality andpracticality of business writing yet. This assignment provides you the opportunity to developboth your academic and your business writing abilities, skills useful and greatly valued by bothco-op and permanent employers.
You will prepare an initial draft and a final version of the assignment, both of which willinclude the same two topic options. Your initial draft will be evaluated with handwrittenfeedback on your paper copy. This feedback is intended to coach you in the revision of yourfinal version. Your final version will be evaluated on LEARN only. Please do not submit apaper copy of your final version.
Initial Draft
Due: February 25 by 3:00 pm
Submit to the course drop box and also hand in a paper copy at the beginning of class thatevening. Failure to hand in the paper copy will result in a 5-mark deduction from your grade.This paper copy will be returned to you with helpful commentary and evaluation on March10. You will then have two weeks to make your revisions based on the feedback provided.
Final Version
Due: March 24 by 3:00 pm
Submit to the course drop box but do not hand in a paper copy of the final version. Instead,you will need to hand back the paper copy of your marked initial draft at the beginning ofclass that evening. Failure to do so will result in a 5-mark deduction from your grade. Yourfinal version will be graded on LEARN only.
Topic Options
Choose any two of the following four topics. If you have been enrolled in this course in thepast, you must choose and submit different topic options than you have previouslysubmitted. All initial draft assignments must be double-spaced to facilitate hand-writtencommentary, although final versions must use appropriate spacing for the particular option.Use 12-point font and at least one-inch margins. Pages, excluding the title page, must benumbered with no other headers or footers. No in-text citations should be included in theassignment, but you must include one references page at the very end. Staple yourassignment at the fold angle in the top left corner and do not place in a report cover. Eachtopic should be between 600 and 800 words long.

1. Business Writing: Memo
Group Benefits Insurance
You are the human resources manager for Waterloo Steel Company. You have recentlyhad a short conversation with the president of the company during which you suggestedimplementing an employer-sponsored group benefits insurance plan for the fortyemployees in the company. Prepare a memo for her that explains how purchasing thisproduct for the employees can cause increased growth and profit for the company.Include a description of a standard comprehensive plan and an explanation of theprofitable advantages that will result from providing the benefits.
2. Academic Writing: Essay
Term and Permanent Life Insurance
You are writing an informative academic essay as part of an exam in MTHEL 131. Theseare the instructions: “Write a comparative essay on the topic of term and permanent lifeinsurance. For each major insurance feature, explain the differences between term andpermanent policies.”
3. Business Writing: Marketing Material
Non-forfeiture Options
As an employee of Waterloo Insurance Company, your supervisor has asked you toprepare the written content to be used in informational marketing material aboutNon-forfeiture options. The information is intended for current permanent lifeinsurance policyholders. Include an explanation of non-forfeiture as well as descriptionsof each of the options.

4. Business Writing: Memo
Long-term Care 
As an employee of Waterloo Insurance Company, you have just attended a conferencewhere you heard a presentation on a new insurance product called long-term careinsurance. Prepare a memo for your supervisor explaining why selling this product canincrease profit for the company. Include a description of coverage and an explanationof the related demographic factors that cause increasing demand. 
Academic Integrity
As with any professional writing, it is critical that this assignment represent your own workwith no collaboration from anyone else. Copying from any textbook, website, instructorresources or student assignments is unacceptable and violates university rules regardingacademic integrity. In addition, for you as a future actuary, such actions contravene theethical conduct expected of individuals in your profession. To confirm your compliance withexpectations, both the initial draft and the final version will be submitted automaticallythrough Turnitin, an Internet-based plagiarism-identification service.
Resources to Help You:
• There will be three workshops to help you understand expectations and undertakerevision.
o Workshop 1 - In class Tuesday, January 21. First there will be a presentationabout the Writing and Communications Centre. Then we will discuss thedifferences between Business Writing and Academic Writing.
o Workshop 2 – Monday, February 24 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Location TBA. Bringyour assignment to this workshop and receive guidance on finalizing yourinitial draft.
o Workshop 3 – Tuesday, March 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Location TBA. Bringyour marked initial draft and your questions concerning revisions to the finalversion