How can I reduce business owner risks?

Life Insurance. Start-ups and smaller companies are especially vulnerable to potentially devastating financial risk because they often lack considerable company sophistication and in-house risk-control expertise. We will help you gain control of your financial trouble.  We help business leaders provide appropriate life insurance to pay off debts and the mortgage, educate the kids, and provide income for a spouse or a disabled dependent.

Disability Income Replacement Insurance. We’ll review your need for income replacement insurance to help replace your paycheque in case you get hurt or sick.

Key Person Insurance. We will assess your need for an insurance policy designed to hire the right person if a key individual becomes sick or dies.

Critical Illness Insurance. A critical illness can wipe out a small business if business owners develop cancer, a heart attack, or a stroke. We have many plans to protect you from such concerns.

Note: Life insurance taxation varies in accord with the strategies used by the life insurance specialist, changing legislation, and hiring an accountant to guide significant business strategies relative to succession or an estate.

 

What is Disability Insurance?

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Disability Insurance provides a monthly income if you are incapacitated and incapable of working due to an injury or illness. Often called “Income Replacement Insurance”, this coverage is essential for self-employed individuals and those without disability insurance via their employer.

The risks of income loss Your ability to earn income may be compromised through injury or illness if you become disabled. Your ability to pay bills or save for retirement could remain the same. Disability insurance plans are designed to help you meet necessary income requirements enabling you to concentrate on recovering from your disability and returning to an active income-generating life.

Do you know who can be covered? Income protection can provide peace of mind for professionals such as lawyers or doctors, small business owners like plumbers or carpenters, leading business executives, and full- or part-time or home-based workers. You can also supplement the disability coverage you have with an employer or an association such as the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP).

How do you collect disability benefits? Your policy contract determines how soon and for how long you can collect benefits. Generally, disability benefits are received if you can’t perform the duties of your occupation, a similar job in your field, or any job at all.

How are befits paid? Disability insurance benefits are payable every month during a disability for the benefit period of the contract, which can vary. When you recover from a disability, the policy continues, usually payable again for a subsequent or recurring disability.

I’m healthy: why should I be covered? Most people know the importance of life insurance but rarely think about having a disability despite the statistics indicating they are pretty standard. Death is inevitable, while disability is probable at any given age.

Develop your backup plan today! If you are running a business (or work as an employee), you should be covered by some form of disability insurance (income replacement insurance). Such planning is the only way to avoid the financial and emotional stresses resulting from long-term disability.

Note: Life and disability insurance taxation varies in accord with the strategies used by the life insurance specialist, changing legislation, and hiring an accountant to guide significant business strategies relative to succession or an estate.