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This page will provide you with links to information, providers and news relating to life insurance for Canadians.

Information

There are two main kinds of life insurance: term and permanent. While term insurance covers you for a specific period of time, permanent life insurance – as the name implies – protects you for your lifetime. It can build cash values and provide a death benefit. If the permanent life insurance policy you are considering has a cash value, you should review the product guide provided by the insurance company to better understand the volatility of the yield on the assets; that is, the investment risk and the long-term historical return the product you are considering has earned.

See our buying checklist for some key questions to ask before you buy or renew your life insurance.

If you are doing research and wondering where to buy, check our “Provider Directories” below.

Provider Directories

Each of the following directories contains a brief overview and contact information for a select list of featured providers.

• Life Quotes
• Term Insurance

News and Articles

Articles, editorials, commentary, research, news releases, and published material about life insurance in Canada.

• RBC Poll: Travel High on Retirement Wish List, But Snowbirds Flocking Closer to Home
• Government of Canada Introduces the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act
• TD Waterhouse Canadians and Retirement Report: The secrets to a fulfilling retirement? Finding the right advisor and staying active
• TD Insurance - Discussing life insurance remains a relationship taboo
• Canadian Life and Health Insurance Industry Welcomes Quebec's Action on Retirement Savings
• Advocis: There are Ponzi scheme warning signs
• LIMRA: Too Many Americans Are Betting On Their Retirement Savings Lasting Their Lifetime — Research Suggests Many Will Go Bust
• Sun Life: Canadian Unretirement™ Index shows major factors influencing when you think you'll retire and what you think you'll be doing after age 65
• CLHIA: Ninety Percent of Canadians Support Pooled Registered Pension Plans
• Russell Retirement Calculator gives Canadians opportunity to "slide" into the future
• Standard Life - Ipsos survey: Nearly half with workplace retirement plans don't know what their retirement income will be
• Sun Life Financial - Winter is a season - RRSP (and retirement) is not!
• Sun Life Financial: Coffee culture inspires My Retirement Café site
• Financial needs of baby boomers further transforms insurance industry: Sun Life
• Five Questions Retirees Should Ask Their Advisors: LIMRA
• TD Insurance Parents and Finances survey reveals majority of Canadian parents do not have enough life insurance to cover the costs of raising their children

For older articles, see our life insurance archive.