Canadian Insurance Blog
Choosing a Group Benefits Advisor
How Getting a Group Benefits Plan Works A company that is looking for a benefits plan engages an advisor (e.g. a broker or agent) who then submits that company's details to several insurance companies for a quote. (An experienced advisor will know which insurance...
Trip Planning and Travel Insurance
Planning a trip can be a very exciting time. You have a destination picked out and you are looking forward to activities that you love to do. Hotel rooms are booked, and you cannot wait to get going. But have you taken steps to protect yourself from medical...
Cancelling a Personal Health Insurance Plan
Find out how to cancel a personal health and dental insurance plan. Use our expert tips as experienced health insurance brokers to make sure you don’t make a mistake when cancelling your health plan!
Thank You for Your 2022 Business!
We want to take a moment to thank you for your business and continued support during 2022, another year filled with challenges and opportunities. As a gesture of appreciation to all our clients, we have once again partnered with our local homeless shelter Inn From the...
Cost Plus and Group Benefit Plans
What is Cost Plus? Group benefit plans, also called group insurance or employee benefits, offer company employees coverage for various healthcare costs. These benefit plans commonly cover dental and prescription drug costs, and they may also cover costs resulting from...
Retirement Health Benefits
For many Canadians retirement is a time of change and excitement. Some have travel plans, while others have things they want to accomplish at home. One important aspect about retirement that sometimes goes unmentioned is the loss of employee benefits and healthcare....
Guaranteed Issue Enhanced Health Insurance
Guaranteed Issue Enhanced Health & Dental Insurance We're happy to announce that we can now offer Canadians a new "no medical" health insurance plan from Manulife called Guaranteed Issue Enhanced. What is "Guaranteed Issue"? Guaranteed issue health insurance is...
Why Offer Employee Benefits
What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know The current labour market has shifted and is now in favour of the employee. Coming out of the pandemic, there are more jobs available than there are people willing to fill them. What does this mean to the average small...
Updating Your Life Insurance Policy
A life insurance policy is instrumental when it comes to protecting your family and providing for them financially in the event that one or both parents pass away. How much coverage is required depends on many different factors. Simply put, when a person dies , that...
Choosing an Executor for Your Will
Although planning your will can be an unpleasant idea, it is the only way to protect your loved ones and ensure that your wishes are carried out. Choosing an executor is a very important component of planning your will. The executor (or executors) will be responsible...
Manulife Vitality Program
Introduction Welcome to our latest blog article. Today we are looking at a Health and Wellness program called Vitality®, which can now be obtained when individuals or families purchase certain Manulife personal or group insurance plans. This Vitality program can be...
The Benefits of Donating a Life Insurance Policy to Charity
Life insurance policies cannot only be left to an individual beneficiary, but can be donated to charity. Along with the satisfaction of knowing that you are leaving money to a worthy cause, donating your policy will also have certain tax benefits. Donating your life...