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09/04/2026

Did you know?

31% of Canadians — 8.4 million adults — said they need life insurance or need more life insurance coverage, according to the 2023 Canadian Insurance Barometer Study by LIMRA and Life Happens.

Having some protection and having protection that still reflects your current life can be two different questions.

Families grow. Financial responsibilities change. Life changes.

How confident are you that the protection you have today still reflects the people and responsibilities that matter to you?

Source: LIMRA & Life Happens, 2023 Canadian Insurance Barometer Study (reported July 2024).

09/02/2026

57% of Canadian adults self-report having some type of life insurance coverage.

But having life insurance and having protection that still fits your family's circumstances aren't necessarily the same thing.

Life changes.
Families grow.
Homes are purchased.
Careers change.
Financial responsibilities evolve.

When was the last time you reviewed whether your protection still matches your life today?

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month — a good opportunity to understand what you have, why you have it, and whether anything in your life has changed.

Source: LIMRA & Life Happens, 2023 Canadian Insurance Barometer Study (published July 2024).

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month — and we’re making it about families, not policies.For the next 30 days, Sav...
09/01/2026

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month — and we’re making it about families, not policies.

For the next 30 days, Savvy Savings will share simple facts, real-life stories, common misconceptions and everyday family situations to help make life insurance easier to understand.

Because life insurance isn’t really about death.

It’s about protecting the life your family is still building — the home, the children, the plans, the income and the choices that matter to them.

30 Days. 30 Conversations. One Purpose: Protect What Matters.

Follow Savvy Savings throughout September and share these posts with someone who has a family depending on them.

💬 Question for today:
When you think about protecting your family financially, what worries you most — income, mortgage, children, debt or something else?

08/29/2026

Life happens. Expenses do not always wait.

A car repair, home expense or other surprise can put pressure on even a well-planned household budget.

Without a cash buffer, the options can quickly become:
• use a credit card
• borrow
• delay another priority
• dip into money meant for the future

Even a small emergency cash buffer can change the experience.

It gives your family more room to respond without immediately creating new debt — and that can mean more peace of mind and more choices.

You do not need to build everything at once.

Start small. Build consistently.

What would a $1,000 starter cash buffer mean to your family?

08/28/2026

We earn well. So why does it still feel tight?

Sometimes the issue is not simply how much money comes in. It is how much of that income is already committed - and how quickly the rest gets absorbed.

Mortgage. Debt. Taxes. Fixed bills.
Then groceries, takeout, subscriptions, shopping and everyday life.

The first goal does not have to be a perfect budget. It is visibility.

Once you can see what is fixed, what can change and what you are still paying for from the past, you can make more intentional choices about what happens next.

Then comes the important part: keep something before everything else gets paid.

Savings. Debt reduction. Family goals.

If you could keep an extra $300 from your income every month, where would you put it first?

08/27/2026

If your income stopped tomorrow, which bills would keep going?

For most families, many of the responsibilities would continue:

🏠 Housing and mortgage
🛒 Groceries and essentials
💳 Debt and credit cards
⚡ Utilities and services
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Children and education
💰 Everyday living costs

That is why a protection conversation should begin with what your income supports — not simply with a random number.

The goal is to give your family time, choices and financial breathing room if life changes unexpectedly.

What would give your family more certainty if life changed?

08/26/2026

Financial planning is more than investing.

Your financial life is made up of many connected decisions — cash flow, debt, protection, savings, housing and future goals.

The challenge is not simply having goals. It is deciding what comes first, what can wait and what needs to work together.

A good financial plan helps give every priority a place — so your money decisions become clearer and more intentional.

The goal is not perfection.

The goal is clarity today, so you can make more confident decisions tomorrow.

Which part of your financial life feels the hardest to organize right now?

08/25/2026

You work hard for your money — but are you keeping enough of it, protecting it, ?and planning it well?

This week’s Savvy Savings series covers:
• Why income can still disappear quickly
• Financial planning beyond just investing
• How to think about insurance needs
• Why bills, loans, and credit cards can keep you stuck
• When discipline helps — and when guidance may help
• A simple weekend money reset
• A weekly money check-in

Which topic speaks to your situation most right now?

Before starting another week, notice one financial win.Maybe you tracked spending, paid something down, saved a little, ...
08/23/2026

Before starting another week, notice one financial win.

Maybe you tracked spending, paid something down, saved a little, reviewed a bill or simply had a money conversation.

Small wins count. What was yours?

05/13/2026

Let's talk about Tax refunds.
Although some of us have received Tax refunds. this short video is a chance to revisit our decisions and choices on how we used the Tax refund. Lets be wise with our tax refunds.

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