Journal

Insurance

Everything you need to know about insurance in Ontario — in plain English.

Insurance 8 min read

Critical Illness Insurance Explained: What It Covers

What critical illness insurance covers, how the lump-sum benefit works, and who benefits most from adding it to a wealth protection plan.

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Disability Insurance for Professionals and High Earners

Why income protection matters most for high-earning professionals and business owners, and how disability insurance is structured for them.

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Do I Need Life Insurance in Retirement?

When life insurance still makes sense after you retire, from estate taxes to income for a spouse and legacy goals, and when it may not any longer.

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The Estate Bond Strategy: Growing an Estate Tax-Efficiently

How an estate bond strategy repositions surplus assets into permanent life insurance to grow an estate tax-efficiently for the next generation.

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How Life Insurance Works in Canada: A Plain-English Primer

A plain-English primer on how life insurance works in Canada: policy types, premiums, underwriting, beneficiaries, and how coverage fits an estate plan.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need? A Wealth Planning Approach

A practical framework for how much life insurance you need in Canada: debts, income replacement, future obligations, and the tax owed at death.

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Insurance Needs by Life Stage: From Young Family to Retirement

How life insurance needs change from a young family through the business-building years to retirement, and how to review your coverage at each stage.

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Insurance as an Asset Class: Its Role in a High-Net-Worth Balance Sheet

Why permanent life insurance is increasingly treated as its own asset class on a high-net-worth balance sheet, alongside equities, real estate, and cash.

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The Insured Retirement Plan: Using Life Insurance for Tax-Advantaged Income

How an insured retirement plan uses permanent life insurance cash value to help fund tax-advantaged retirement income for the right household.

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Key Person Insurance: Protecting Your Business From Loss

How key person insurance works, who needs it, and how business owners use it to protect revenue, financing, and continuity if a critical person is lost.

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Life Insurance for Business Owners: Corporate and Personal Uses

How business owners use life insurance for buy-sell funding, key-person protection, estate equalization, and tax-efficient wealth transfer in Canada.

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Joint Last-to-Die Insurance: How It Works and Its Estate Planning Uses

How joint last-to-die life insurance works, why it costs less than two single policies, and how couples use it to fund estate taxes and legacy goals.

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How Life Insurance Is Taxed in Canada: A Wealth Planning Overview

A clear overview of how life insurance is taxed in Canada: tax-free death benefits, policy growth, and corporately owned insurance within an estate plan.

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Permanent vs. Term Life Insurance: How to Decide Which Is Right for You

A wealth-planning look at permanent vs. term life insurance in Canada: cost, duration, cash value, and estate uses, to help you decide which fits.

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Segregated Funds Explained: Guarantees, Creditor Protection, and Cost

What segregated funds are, how their maturity and death benefit guarantees work, and how they compare to mutual funds on cost and creditor protection.

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Term vs. Whole Life Insurance: Which Fits Your Estate Plan?

Term vs. whole life insurance compared for Canadians: cost, duration, cash value, and how each fits into a wealth and estate plan in Ontario.

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Universal Life Insurance Explained (And Who It Suits)

How universal life insurance works in Canada: the insurance and investment components, how it differs from whole life, and who it genuinely suits.

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