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Insurance Help Canada is an web log (blog) introduced to serve as an online forum to discuss topics within the insurance industry that are usually sold and never explained. Our goal is to discuss various mainstream topics and how they relate to insurance, and I promise to try and make it more exciting than watching […]
Insurance Terminology
Here is a partial list of the most common insurance terms relevant to Canadian residents and businesses. Accidental Death Benefit Provides a benefit in the case of accidental death in addition to base amount of coverage. Agent The insurance company (Canada Protection Plan) representative and adviser who sells insurance policies to consumers. Anniversary Year Any […]
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8
Apr
Top 10 Reasons NOT to buy Critical Illness insurance – a larf :)
I was just visiting one of the offices from which I am associated and I notices a funny photocopy posted on a cabinet door with the above title written in bold. The list is an exaggerated one with the intent of demonstrating to Canadians that Critical Illness coverage is needed for living, not for dying. I […]
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17
Mar
Heart, Stroke, Cancer and You
I received a great feed from the Heart and Stroke Foundation today and thought I would post it here. Did you know that fat stored around your middle can put you at risk for high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, type-2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Almost 60% of Canadian adults are overweight or obese. […]
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17
Feb
Crime Insurance – Why the threat is real
I have a client who told me a story about a person who he used to trust with his business’s petty cash – she was as close as family, but after a while he noticed that funds were missing. Turns out, she was pocketing little bits of cash while making deposits etc. This is not […]
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3
Feb
Franchise Contracts – Getting Sick would really Suck
Owning a franchise is the dream on many entrepreneurs – you have access to a brand name that is recognized for quality and service. to quote the Toronto Franchise Show Press Release from Jan 2009 – “In a recent survey, over 1.3 million Canadians hate their jobs”, states Fred Cox, President of National Event Management. […]
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27
Jan
Building Bares All
Location location location – a truism with any real estate consideration – It doesn’t matter whether you are buying a new home or leasing a commercial space, location is very important for future financial gain. In the insurance world, there is something else that you should take into account when searching for your next space: […]
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16
Jan
Changes to Benefit plans – Proceed Carefully
As 2009 kicks off, we find ourselves waiting and watching as the face of the bear market begins to show itself. With politician speaking of growing deficit spending, we have to look inwardly to our own cost cutting to be able to weather the storm to come. One of the costs that many businesses incur […]
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22
Dec
Happy Holidays – Happy New Year!
It is the most wonderful time of the year – there is snow on the ground, partying to be done, gifts to be exchanged, slush to trudge through, packed parking lots to navigate, hot chocolate to be drunk and a bite in the air – man it’s cold! It is the time of the year […]
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28
Nov
Insure your money – should’ve would’ve will now!
I have been hearing on the local radio stations an advertisement for a life insurance agent who says that a client of his in the law profession asked him to set up an additional $1 Million dollar life policy for him, representing the amount lost in the current financial crisis. This sounds like a panicked […]
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2
Nov
Critical Illness Insurance for your child
It is said that a picture speaks volumes. I have spoken about critical illness insurance for adults and children and no matter how many stories I tell or what words I use, I think that one of the companies that I represent, Desjardins Financial, has stated it best in a flier in 2007: “I want […]
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31
Oct
Insurance Programs and You
“Being one of the crowd” is a stereotype that many of us have been taught to break. We want to standout, be different and be great. We strive to achieve, to better ourselves and rise to the top of the pack. Well this is all fine and good, but there are some instances where being […]
Read More
Top 10 Reasons NOT to buy Critical Illness insurance – a larf :)
I was just visiting one of the offices from which I am associated and I notices a funny photocopy posted on a cabinet door with the above title written in bold. The list is an exaggerated one with the intent of demonstrating to Canadians that Critical Illness coverage is needed for living, not for dying. I […]
Read More
Heart, Stroke, Cancer and You
I received a great feed from the Heart and Stroke Foundation today and thought I would post it here. Did you know that fat stored around your middle can put you at risk for high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, type-2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Almost 60% of Canadian adults are overweight or obese. […]
Read More
Crime Insurance – Why the threat is real
I have a client who told me a story about a person who he used to trust with his business’s petty cash – she was as close as family, but after a while he noticed that funds were missing. Turns out, she was pocketing little bits of cash while making deposits etc. This is not […]
Read More
Franchise Contracts – Getting Sick would really Suck
Owning a franchise is the dream on many entrepreneurs – you have access to a brand name that is recognized for quality and service. to quote the Toronto Franchise Show Press Release from Jan 2009 – “In a recent survey, over 1.3 million Canadians hate their jobs”, states Fred Cox, President of National Event Management. […]
Read More
Building Bares All
Location location location – a truism with any real estate consideration – It doesn’t matter whether you are buying a new home or leasing a commercial space, location is very important for future financial gain. In the insurance world, there is something else that you should take into account when searching for your next space: […]
Read More
Changes to Benefit plans – Proceed Carefully
As 2009 kicks off, we find ourselves waiting and watching as the face of the bear market begins to show itself. With politician speaking of growing deficit spending, we have to look inwardly to our own cost cutting to be able to weather the storm to come. One of the costs that many businesses incur […]
Read More
Happy Holidays – Happy New Year!
It is the most wonderful time of the year – there is snow on the ground, partying to be done, gifts to be exchanged, slush to trudge through, packed parking lots to navigate, hot chocolate to be drunk and a bite in the air – man it’s cold! It is the time of the year […]
Read More
Insure your money – should’ve would’ve will now!
I have been hearing on the local radio stations an advertisement for a life insurance agent who says that a client of his in the law profession asked him to set up an additional $1 Million dollar life policy for him, representing the amount lost in the current financial crisis. This sounds like a panicked […]
Read More
Critical Illness Insurance for your child
It is said that a picture speaks volumes. I have spoken about critical illness insurance for adults and children and no matter how many stories I tell or what words I use, I think that one of the companies that I represent, Desjardins Financial, has stated it best in a flier in 2007: “I want […]
Read More
Insurance Programs and You
“Being one of the crowd” is a stereotype that many of us have been taught to break. We want to standout, be different and be great. We strive to achieve, to better ourselves and rise to the top of the pack. Well this is all fine and good, but there are some instances where being […]
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