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Watch: Home Insurance in Canada—what’s covered, what’s not, if premiums are rising and more + MORE Oct 11th
Planning your home insurance policy? Wondering if you should add on coverage to your existing coverage? Managing editor Lisa Hannam interviews Morgan Roberts, director of sales at RH Insurance, about what is covered with a typical home insurance policy and what’s not covered, as well as if premium.... More »
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Collision insurance: How it all works + MORE Dec 13th
Collision insurance is “extra.” It’s optional coverage that you can add on top of your basic full auto insurance, which, on its own, doesn’t cover you if you’re in an accident and you’re at fault. Many drivers opt in for collision, mainly because of the variable Canadian weather, road co.... More »
Review: Scotia Momentum® VISA Infinite Card Apr 8th
SPECIAL OFFER: From now through June 5, 2017, sign up for the Scotia Momentum® VISA Infinite card and get a FREE $75.00 gift card upon approval! Choose from The Ultimate Dining Card, Best Buy, Starbucks and Amazon.ca.
Are you looking for a card that gives you up to 4% cash back, travel perks an.... More »
Fairfax gets pension-fund backing on largest deal + MORE Mar 11th
The Toronto-based insurance and investments company is to add another $500-million (U.S.) in capital from Alberta Investment Management Corp. toward its acquisition of Allied World Assurance
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Wrestling through competing priorities
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(Photograph by Simon Willms)We invited our readers in January to take an active role by writing to us and explaining in a few sentences why they needed a personalized money makeover with a MoneySense Approved Financial Advisor. We got close to 400 letters and, in the end, chose two couples and a single person with financial concerns that anyone can relate to. Click here to learn more.
Shannon and Marcin’s financial dilemma
Shannon Jarrett and her partner Marcin Duran share a home and domestic life in Hamilton, but as of last March, they were by and large living separate financial lives. They didn’t share bank accounts but they did share expenses. Marcin paid the mortgage and made all insurance and car payments while Shannon paid for everything else to run the household. But regarding budgeting and finances, Shannon and Marcin were often at loggerheads. They wanted—and needed—some common ground to get their goals aligned.
For Shannon, saving was the largest concern. She always put away $200 a month but couldn’t get Marcin to do the same…
