by import | Jul 25, 2012 | Blog, Life Insurance, Universal Life
The equity markets of the past four years plus the prevailing low interest rate environment have combined to have a dramatic effect on the Canadian life insurance industry. What this means for consumers is that many of the products that are currently being used for...
by import | Jul 25, 2012 | Articles of Interest, Blog, Life Insurance, Life Stages, Recent Blogs
By Brenda Spiering, Editor, BrighterLife.ca We’ve all heard the horror stories – families torn apart by fighting over the inheritance of their family cottage. The place that used to bring them all together has suddenly become such a source of conflict it’s driving...
by import | Jun 20, 2012 | - Annuities, Blog, Life Insurance, Retirement Planning
At a time when equity markets are experiencing high volatility, the safe alternative appears to be low return, highly taxed GICs. Many seniors are now discovering how to increase their guaranteed yields by using the insured annuity strategy. There are two components...
by import | May 21, 2012 | Blog, Life Insurance
Given the problems encountered by some large financial institutions in the United States, how concerned should we be about the state of the life insurance industry in Canada? It is a fact that over the past decade the number of life insurance companies operating in...
by import | Nov 23, 2011 | Blog, Life Insurance, Recent Blogs
Insurance needs can be broadly categorized into family needs and business and investment needs. Part I will focus on family or individual needs and on the next blog post, part II will focus on investment or business needs. Part I – Family or Individual Needs...
by import | Oct 12, 2011 | Articles of Interest, Blog, Life Insurance
Raising a family means taking on a lot of responsibility. You need to think about protecting your financial futures as well as those of your children. That means insuring your lives, protecting your income and covering your debt so that your children can continue the...