Flexible protection that lets you choose your investment accounts and payment schedule.
It's guaranteed, lifelong protection that lets you choose investment accounts and build your wealth. And it’s one of the most flexible and affordable products available that covers you for life.
There are two parts to a universal life insurance policy: insurance and investment components. You choose your investment accounts and growth can accumulate tax-free, within limits set by the government. You can withdraw or borrow from your policy, with certain tax implications. You can also choose who to leave your money to.
- You pay a premium for your insurance coverage.
- After you’ve covered the insurance costs, the rest of the money goes to the policy’s investment part.
- The money goes toward investment accounts of your choosing.
- You can access the money in your account to use however you want, as long as there’s enough left to cover the insurance costs.
- You choose who receives the money from your insurance protection when you die.
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Narrator: Canada Life universal life insurance could be just what you’re looking for.
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Narrator: Like all life insurance, it leaves those you choose with a tax-free payout when you die.
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Narrator: But it does so much more.
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Narrator: Universal life has investment accounts that can allow you to build wealth over time, tax-free.
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Narrator: Which is great if you own a business
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Narrator: or you’ve maxed out your TFSA or RRSP.
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Narrator: You can increase, decrease or pause your planned premium payments
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Narrator: to help give you flexibility when you need it.
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Narrator: Once you cover your monthly insurance costs, the rest goes towards your investment accounts.
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Narrator: These can be selected, mixed, and matched, according to your risk profile.
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Narrator: It offers the right blend of risk and reward by smoothing out market gains and losses.
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Narrator: And with its 0% minimum guarantee, once a return is added to your investment account, it’ll never go down.
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Narrator: For a limited time, you can get a 1% bonus rate to maximize your growth potential. This means a total return of 5% after fees, the highest in the industry.
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Narrator: Universal life also lets you choose what to do with your policy’s investment account value.
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Narrator: You can use it to leave a larger payout for your loved ones. Or while you’re living, you can use it for your retirement income, or help fund your business or a child’s education.
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Narrator: Canada Life universal life insurance is customizable, flexible and built to move with you through life.
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Narrator: Want to know more? Talk to your advisor today.
Description: This video uses stock footage, graphics, words on screen, a voiceover and upbeat music to discuss the benefits of Canada Life universal life insurance.
The video opens with the Canada Life logo over stock footage of a toddler and mom walking across a room in their home.
Narrator: If you need insurance that lasts a lifetime,
Description: Video transitions to the mom picking up the toddler and lifting her over her head.
Narrator: Canada Life universal life insurance could be just what you’re looking for.
Description: Video transitions to stock footage of three adults of different generations looking through a photo album.
Narrator: Like all life insurance, it leaves those you choose with a tax-free payout when you die.
Description: Video transitions to stock footage of a woman outdoors talking with someone.
Narrator: But it does so much more.
Description: Video transitions to graphics of a shield representing protection, accumulating money, and un upwards graph representing investment growth plus the words tax-free.
Narrator: Universal life has investment accounts that can allow you to build wealth over time, tax-free.
Description: Video transitions to a graphic representing a small business.
Narrator: Which is great if you own a business
Description: Video transitions to 2 bar graphs labelled tax-free savings account and registered retirement savings plan that fill up from left to right.
Narrator: or you’ve maxed out your TFSA or RRSP.
Description: Video transitions to graphic representing money which increases then decreases in amount. Text on screen says As long as there is enough in your investment account to pay your monthly insurance costs.
Narrator: You can increase, decrease or pause your planned premium payments
Description: Video transitions to a couple shaking hands with another person across a table. Video transitions to the couple holding hands in front of their home.
Narrator: to help give you flexibility when you need it.
Description: Video transitions to a graph that shows how the value of your investment increases over time, while monthly insurance costs stay the same.
Narrator: Once you cover your monthly insurance costs, the rest goes towards your investment accounts.
Description: Video transitions to different graphics including five circular graphs representing different investment mixes that include Conservative, Moderate, Balanced, Advanced and Aggressive. Below them is a sliding bar that represents risk with Lower at the left end and Higher at the right end.
Narrator: These can be selected, mixed, and matched, according to your risk profile.
Description: Video transitions to a graphic with 2 lines, a jagged one that represents the ups and downs of the stock market and a flowing second one that shows the smoothing effect.
Narrator: It offers the right blend of risk and reward by smoothing out market gains and losses.
Description: Video transitions to a graphic that represents a safe, along with a plus sign, and the words 0% minimum guarantee.
Narrator: And with its 0% minimum guarantee, once a return is added to your investment account, it’ll never go down.
Description: Video transitions to stock footage of a young family playing in their back yard, along with the words 1% bonus rate, Total return of 5% after fees. The highest in the industry, and 5% net crediting rate effective Feb. 12, 2024 is net after fees, and includes a 1% promotional rate until December 31, 2025.
Narrator: For a limited time, you can get a 1% bonus rate to maximize your growth potential. This means a total return of 5% after fees, the highest in the industry.
Description: Video transitions to stock footage of an older couple sitting with their advisor at a table.
Narrator: Universal life also lets you choose what to do with your policy’s investment account value.
Description: Video transitions to stock footage of an extended family around a dining room table, then a woman golfing, then to a two people meeting in a business setting, then people posing for a photo with a new graduate.
Narrator: You can use it to leave a larger payout for your loved ones. Or while you’re living, you can use it for your retirement income, or help fund your business or a child’s education.
Description: Video transitions to the mom and toddler in their home.
Narrator: Canada Life universal life insurance is customizable, flexible and built to move with you through life.
Description: Video transitions to words on screen: Talk to your advisor today, along with the Canada Life logo and the words Canada Life and design are trademarks of The Canada Life Assurance Company. canadalife.com 1-204-946-1190
Narrator: Want to know more? Talk to your advisor today.
Universal life insurance gives you access to money you’ve earned in your policy.
You can access the money as long as there’s enough remaining to cover your monthly insurance cost, as well as any cancellation charges, policy loans and market value adjustments.
Withdrawals
- You can make a partial withdrawal at any time.
- Withdrawals decrease your policy’s cash value as well as your beneficiary’s payment.
- The minimum withdrawal is $500.
- The maximum depends on your policy. You pay income tax on any withdrawals you make from your policy.
Policy loans
- Borrow with interest from your policy’s cash value – as long as there’s enough money to cover the cost of cancelling your insurance – and eventually pay it back.
- Your cash value continues to grow as if you hadn’t taken out the money.
- The minimum loan is $500 and may be taxable. You can repay your loan at any time.
- The loan will be subject to a loan interest rate set by Canada Life on each policy anniversary.
Cancelling your policy
- You’ll receive the balance in your investment account, which is called the net cash value.
- During the first nine years, there may be penalty for cancelling your policy, called a surrender charge.
- Some policies have no surrender charge.
- You may pay income tax on what you receive, in the year you cancel your policy.
Ideally, you want to make sure your debts are covered, so you don’t leave major expenses behind for your loved ones.
Here are a few things to consider:
- Your income
- Net worth
- Family needs
- Debt
- Other insurance you have
Universal life insurance is usually more affordable than participating life insurance.
There are several variables that determine the cost of your policy. Here are a few of the main factors:
Includes Index accounts and Managed accounts
Notify us of a death and/or make a claim on a wealth or life insurance policy bought through an advisor.