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Give your children a holiday gift that will last a lifetime

posted Tuesday, December 1, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

Many Canadian parents save in an RESP for the purpose of funding their children’s post-secondary education. The federal government will contribute up to a maximum $7,200 towards each child’s post-secondary education provided you save $36,000, making the total available $43,200 (assuming your investment doesn’t lose any money and/or growth remains flat). Like an RRSP or […]

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Transfer wealth to your family and not the government

posted Sunday, October 18, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

When someone passes away, their estate is subject to a process known as probate, and you may have heard this phrase  “The will has to go through Probate”  before the assets  in someone’s estate can be distributed to beneficiaries. What is probate? Probate is a legal process that confirms an executor’s authority to distribute assets […]

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Like a good scout, be prepared

posted Thursday, July 9, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

The rationale for purchasing life insurance is pretty simple and obvious. You want to make sure that in the event of your premature death your family won’t be saddled with debt or struggle financially. The gap that exists in the financial plan of many families in Canada (quite sadly) is the absence of critical illness insurance; […]

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LGBT Couples need to get “A Round Tuit” too

posted Friday, May 15, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

Most of us are well intentioned hard working Canadians. We go to work or run our businesses with vim and vigor, and we want to provide for our families and create a bright and prosperous future. The future is created by the actions we take today, and unfortunately too many of us take the attitude […]

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Charity begins at home

posted Thursday, April 2, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

When I am not busy protecting families with Life & Critical Illness insurance, I host a radio show on a Toronto radio station every Saturday night, and last week I played a song that got me thinking about what I do every day and why. The punch line to the song is “You’ve got to […]

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Is your most precious asset protected?

posted Sunday, February 15, 2015

by: in Finance / Insurance

Nobody wants to think about becoming disabled but it happens. Most people I have spoken to in my over 20 years working in the insurance industry were concerned about losing their job, having enough money in retirement, loss or damage to their home or vehicle, yet not giving a second thought to what would happen […]

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Before you pack your bags

posted Thursday, November 6, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

If you are like most Canadians you probably love to travel and are planning your vacation down to the very last detail. Maybe you planned your  dream wedding in the tropics and are all excited and taken up with the wedding planner, invitations, and are probably busy  making  arrangements as you read this blog for […]

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Difficult Conversations

posted Saturday, October 25, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

Recently I sat down to dinner with two of my clients from the LGBT community and had an informal yet frank discussion about what kept them up at night. The number one issue was not money in of itself, but rather their failure, and one partner’s refusal to sit down as a couple and have […]

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Critical Illness Insurance – Didn’t See That Coming

posted Tuesday, October 7, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

David Letterman has a funny segment in his show titled “Didn’t see that coming”, and usually the joke is about something that was bound to happen based on an individual’s prior actions. One of the things I speak to all of my clients about is critical illness insurance, because the majority of the people you […]

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Assuming Can Cause Disaster

posted Sunday, July 6, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

If you love at least one person, you need life insurance. Life insurance is essentially money which can replace lost income and secure the financial future of the ones you love in the event of your passing away. It is one of the building blocks of a solid financial plan to ensure that the ones […]

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