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Not necessarily. Best Planners Inc. offers a Guaranteed Non-Medical Life Insurance plan with coverage up to $500,000. No medical examination, no health questions, regardless of your history. It covers people with conditions like diabetes, depression, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and many others. Standard term and permanent life products may involve a medical review, but the no-exam option removes that barrier entirely.

The plan is open to people with a wide range of existing conditions: benign tumors, depression, diabetes, epilepsy, lupus, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, sickle-cell anemia, stroke, and more. Coverage goes up to $500,000 with no health questions and no medical exam. You will not be declined based on your medical history.

A few important differences favour personal coverage. With your own policy, you choose the beneficiary (not the bank). The policy is portable, so you don't re-qualify when you move or refinance. The death benefit stays constant for the life of the policy rather than shrinking as your mortgage balance drops, and your family can use the payout however they want. With bank mortgage insurance, the bank is the sole beneficiary, the coverage decreases as the balance drops while your premiums stay flat, and the coverage disappears when the mortgage does.

Critical Illness Insurance through Best Planners Inc. covers 25 conditions, including cancer, stroke, heart attack, bypass surgery, coma, and paralysis. Once you're diagnosed with a covered condition, you receive a tax-free lump sum with no restrictions on how you spend it. That money can go toward medical costs, lost income, treatment abroad, business expenses, or anything else you need to get through recovery.

It's designed for people who become unable to perform at least two of the six Activities of Daily Living: bathing, eating, toileting, transferring, walking, and dressing. The coverage pays for professional in-home or facility-based care, so your retirement savings don't get wiped out covering those costs. Planning for it before you need it is much cheaper than trying to get coverage after a diagnosis.

It pays a monthly benefit based on your income once you've satisfied the policy's waiting period (typically 30 to 90 days). Think of it as income replacement if illness or an accident stops you from working. You keep up with your mortgage, your bills, and your life while you recover. The specific amount and waiting period depend on the policy and carrier.

Super Visa Insurance is emergency medical coverage for parents and grandparents visiting Canada on a super visa. IRCC requires a minimum of $100,000 in coverage per person, from a Canadian insurer, valid for the full duration of each visit. Best Planners Inc. offers cost-efficient plans that meet this requirement, similar to standard visitors' medical insurance but structured specifically for the super visa program.

The main one is the Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG). The federal government adds 20% on the first $2,500 you contribute each year, up to $500 per year and a lifetime maximum of $7,200 per child. On top of that, there's the Canada Learning Bond for lower-income families, the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Grant for Alberta residents, and the Quebec Education Savings Incentive for Quebec residents. Since we work with Ontario and Alberta clients, the CESG and the Alberta Centennial grant are the ones that apply for most families.

Both give you diversified market exposure through stocks and bonds. The difference is that segregated funds are insurance products, which adds three things mutual funds don't have. First, a maturity guarantee: when the policy matures, you get back between 75% and 100% of your principal no matter what the market did. Second, a death benefit: your beneficiaries receive 100% of your investment or the market value, whichever is higher, paid directly to them without going through probate. Third, creditor protection: because they're insurance contracts, the funds are generally protected from creditors.

Yes. The Home Buyers' Plan lets first-time buyers withdraw up to the qualifying limit from an RRSP tax-free and put it toward a first home purchase. You do have to repay the amount to your RRSP over 15 years. What you hold inside an RRSP can include mutual funds, segregated funds, bonds, individual stocks, and GICs, so there's room to grow the money meaningfully before you need it.

Your options include mutual funds, segregated funds, bonds, individual stocks, and GICs, among others. As an independent advisor with access to multiple carriers and fund companies, Jatinder can match what's inside your RRSP to your actual risk tolerance and how soon you'll need the money.

A TFSA works for any financial goal. You contribute after-tax dollars, but all the growth and everything you take out is completely tax-free. People use them for home renovations, medical costs, mortgage top-ups, a new car, travel, or just building a cushion alongside their RRSP. One big advantage over an RRSP: whatever you withdraw from a TFSA can be re-contributed starting January 1st of the next year. You never permanently lose the room.

You'll typically convert it to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) by the end of the year you turn 71. A RRIF requires you to withdraw a minimum amount each year, which gets taxed as income. The goal is to structure those withdrawals alongside CPP, OAS, and other income so you're not paying more tax than you need to. Annuities and segregated fund income options can also work well alongside or instead of a RRIF depending on your situation.

An Individual Pension Plan is a defined-benefit pension plan built for incorporated business owners. It works like an RRSP in that contributions are tax-deferred, but it lets you put away significantly more than RRSP limits allow, especially once you're over 40. All the costs are tax-deductible to the corporation, the funds are creditor-proof, and you end up with predictable retirement income. If you're incorporated, have T4 income history, and have maxed out your RRSP, it's worth a conversation.

It's life insurance on someone whose loss would genuinely hurt the business: the founder, owner, or a key revenue driver. The company pays the premiums and collects the payout if that person dies. That money buys the business time to find and train a replacement, cover lost revenue, or pay down debts tied to that person. Best Planners Inc. offers Key Person Insurance across Ontario and Alberta.

Buy-Sell Insurance funds the agreement that decides what happens to an owner's shares if they die, become disabled, retire, or want out. In most setups, surviving shareholders have to buy the departing owner's stake. Buy-Sell Insurance provides the cash to do that cleanly. For the deceased owner's family, it means they get fair value for the business interest instead of being stuck as unwanted co-owners of a company they never expected to be part of.

An IRP uses permanent life insurance to generate tax-free income in retirement. Premiums build up a cash value over time on a tax-deferred basis. When you retire, you typically access that value through a bank loan against the policy, which comes to you tax-free. It also gives you life insurance coverage the whole time. IRPs work best for high-income earners who've already filled up their registered plans and want another tax-efficient way to build wealth.

Three connected areas: Key Person Insurance to protect the business if a vital person is lost, Buy-Sell Insurance to handle the transfer of ownership cleanly, and Disability or Critical Illness coverage for key employees so the business keeps running if someone can't work. Together they protect the business itself, the value of ownership stakes, and the families of the people involved.

Yes. Business protection services including Key Person Insurance and IPP planning are available across Ontario and Alberta. Jatinder and his team meet with clients to understand the business first before recommending anything. Distance isn't a problem; consultations can be done in person or remotely.