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How Baker Tilly Toronto supports insurance providers in transition Oct 23rd
The insurance industry is constantly evolving, facing disruptions from technological advancements, intergenerational wealth transfers, market consolidation driven by private equity, and shifting regulations.
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A guide to the best robo-advisors in Canada for 2019 + MORE Feb 28th
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Can life insurance be used as a fixed income investment? Dec 21st
Q. I am 55 years old, recently finished a four-year battle with cancer, and will be retiring soon. I have a healthy portfolio, consisting of 60% in blue-chip stocks and 40% in fixed income, which will look after my husband’s and my financial needs in the future. I also hold a $2-million life ins.... More »
Mother Nature proves less troublesome for Prairie farmers in 2017: report Dec 5th
REGINA _ A report from the Canadian Crop Hail Association says a reduction in potentially damaging storm activity on much of the Prairies this past summer led to one of the lightest hail-claim seasons in eight years.
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When buying critical illness insurance makes sense
– moneysense.ca
TORONTO — It was about eight years ago that Brooke Robinson bought a critical illness insurance policy due to her family’s history of breast cancer, only to trigger it six years later for an entirely different and unexpected reason.“I actually ended up with multiple sclerosis and it was a very aggressive version of it,” says Robinson, 33.
“I was diagnosed in April of 2015 and by October of 2015 I was walking with a cane.”
Today, she credits her critical illness payout for allowing her and her husband to take three months off work so they could move from Toronto to Ottawa where she underwent an experimental procedure that has allowed her to walk again without assistance.
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While Robinson’s workplace disability insurance made up for some of the couple’s lost income, she says it wouldn’t have been enough to cover the $15,000 of extra expenses they incurred…
