How to go about securing the best policy for your insurance in Canada.
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Do you need mortgage life insurance?
– moneysense.ca
Q: I am a single, 70-year-old with a reasonable mortgage of $115,000. I have no family and no dependants. I find that the life insurance on my mortgage is too expensive. Do I need mortgage life insurance anyway? What for?—KaterinaA: I’m glad that you noticed the life insurance you’re paying on your mortgage, Katerina. Many people don’t even know if their mortgage is insured or not in the first place. Click on your mortgage when online banking or check your most recent mortgage statement and you will most likely notice a reference to your mortgage being protected or insured or potentially not protected or not insured.
This insurance coverage is typically a combination of life insurance and disability insurance. In the event of death, the life insurance component of the policy pays off the outstanding mortgage. In the event of disability, the disability insurance component of the policy makes your regular payments.
Banks are prohibited from selling most types of insurance in their branches other than life and disability insurance on credit products…
