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today we're going to be talking about the long history of insurance in Canada and how it's grown and changed over time [Music] insurance companies are one of the four pillars of the financial system in Canada which include Banks insurance companies trust companies and Pension funds so here's a quick summary on each so that we're all on the same page Banks what they do they accept deposits and they make loans they offer things like bank accounts credit cards loans and mortgages it's pretty simple insurance companies provide protection in case things go wrong and the insurance industry in Canada split in a two-part there's General insurance and life insurance General insurance covers stuff like car insurance condos business boat and stuff like that it covers stuff things life insurance covers people so it provides protection against things that physically happen to you like getting sick or injured or passing away third we have trust companies trust companies specialize in trusts and loans and investment activities often a Trust Company holds the money that underlies other Investments and other services they offer things like personal business loans and they have trust services for customers lastly we have Pension funds Pension funds are long-term Investments that are offered by either a company or the government and they provide retirement income for employees and there's generally two types of Pensions there's defined benefit pensions and defined contribution pensions there used to be more defined benefit pensions but now most of them are defined contribution so my company safe Pacific Financial we're in the Life Insurance world so that's what we're going to talk about today life insurance is actually older than Canada there are some life insurance companies around today that have been around since before Canada became a country in 1867. so at that time insurance companies were included in the very creation of the Canadian Financial system and because of this life insurance has a special tax advantage that you can't get anywhere else and the key one is that life insurance is tax exempt and the growth inside an insurance policy is tax deferred so what does that mean this means that when life insurance pays out the payout is tax free so if your parents or grandparents have a life insurance policy that benefit payout from that policy will be tax-free and the tax deferred part means that when you put money inside a life insurance policy in Canada that growth is tax deferred and this means that you don't pay taxes on that growth until you withdraw it so this includes Whole Life policies and Universal Life policies it also includes policies that you would hold personally and policies that you would hold inside a corporation or a trust and this is very powerful to know and most people don't know how it works so now that that Preamble is done let's get started talking about the long history of insurance in Canada and how it's grown and changed since the beginning most importantly how does it benefit you the first life insurance company in Canada was the Canada Life Assurance company you know it today as Canada Life it was founded in 1847 Canada life is still around today and it's got over 500 billion dollars in total assets under Administration for over 17 million Canadians we work pretty closely with Canada Life and actually actually they recently bought the agency where we process our business and it's called Financial Horizons group another interesting bit of life insurance uh history in Canada has to do with Canada's first prime minister Sir John A McDonald in 1887 after serving his term as Canada's first prime minister he actually became the first president of a brand new insurance company called the manufacturer's life insurance company which today we know as Manulife or in the U.S is called John Hancock insurance another interesting date in Canada's Financial history is 1917 when Canada introduced the income War Tax Act which we now just know as the income tax act so if you're super nerdy the original income tax was four percent on anything above your personal exemption of fifteen hundred dollars so this was supposed to be a temporary tax to pay for World War one but it was made permanent in 1949 after World War II so that's a little bit of history on the life insurance industry in Canada Life Insurance is an important Financial tool for Canadians provides Financial Security and peace of mind for family in the event of the unexpected life insurance companies in Canada paid out 14 billion dollars in death benefit in 2020 and over 36 billion dollars in health benefits and over 46 billion dollars in retirement benefits all in 2020. so roughly about a hundred billion dollars in payout in a year today we have dozens of life insurance companies operating in Canada and we work with most of the big ones so from its Beginnings in the 18th century to the current position as a key player in the financial system life insurance has played an important role in protecting the financial well-being of Canadians for over 250 years so that's it for me today today was one of those nerdy videos that's probably not going to rack up a million views but it's interesting and it shows the history depth and security of the life insurance industry in Canada if you got any value from today's video please like it leave a comment or share it with somebody so that the algo pumps it and puts it up higher up in the feed of course if you want to talk about your insurance message me directly here or on our website at safe pacific.com and I will see you next time [Music]