An overwhelming portion of Canadians do not need whole life insurance. It’s expensive, complicated, and more difficult to apply for than its more approachable peer, term life insurance.

But for those who need it, boy is it a wonderful wealth building tool!

First, Term Insurance

Term...

Dying is an unpleasant thing to think about. It’s also inevitable. None of us are getting out alive. Selling life insurance is almost as awful. There are few products on earth as universally despised as life insurance. No one likes to buy it, no one likes to talk about it, and...

Almost everyone needs insurance - seriously!  **Almost** anyone...

The 4 situations where insurance is not necessary are:

. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚.You do not have kids or other dependents that would have a tough time surviving financially if you were not around to help them.

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Name something else that you pay for just to hope and pray never to use it. Paying insurance premiums for anything stinks. Period.

But you know what stinks more?

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɴᴇ.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴏʀ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ꜱɪᴢᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ...

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢: enough to cover all of your current debts if you were to die.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙭: all of your debts plus 7 to 10 times your gross salary. This money would create an income stream for your family to replace your paycheck.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧: somewhere between those two that fit your...

Yes! Totally.

If you are buying a simple term policy and you have someone at your bank that you enjoy talking to (and trust), do it! Bank insurance is better than no insurance - do it. Now.

Be weary of whole life/permanent policies that feel 'salesy' from your friends or network (you know...

Here's the skinny, most people do not need expensive permanent life insurance, cheap term insurance will do just fine.

If you are buying life insurance to cover your debts or replace your income, you only need term. Term insurance is ten times (or more) cheaper than a permanent life insurance...