insurance

Water damage is now the most common type of home insurance claim in Canada—take that, fire!—and when a pipe bursts, a roof leaks, or a basement floods, it’s a costly headache for everyone involved.

Written by Michael Wickware for Planswell As a new or expectant parent, you may already be overwhelmed with all the tips and advice (solicited and otherwise) that have been coming your way. Well, hold on to … Read More

By Ben Tse for Planswell If you have a mortgage, loan, line of credit or credit card, it’s good financial planning to have insurance that can take care of your debt if an accident, illness or … Read More

Canadians own a variety of properties, such as a primary residence (single-family detached home, condo, or townhome), vacation property, cottage, and/or investment property. Typically, homeowners are quite knowledgeable about house and condo insurance, but when it … Read More

With the legalization of recreational cannabis taking place on Oct. 17, 2018, Ratehub.ca set out to uncover how it impacts home and auto insurance in Canada. We conducted a survey of over 1,200 Canadian renters, landlords, … Read More

Most of us law-abiding citizens wouldn’t want to take anything that doesn’t belong to us or isn’t coming to us – most of us. But as the cliché goes, a few bad apples can spoil the … Read More

Who doesn’t love to text? Getting or sending a little note is easy, fun, and can break up the monotony of the day. The problem starts when we allow the fun to distract us, especially when … Read More

It may be legal to grow “a limited amount” of your own medical cannabis plants if you have a license, but it doesn’t mean you should invest in hydroponic lights and turn the attic into a … Read More

If you’ve got a beautiful, shining, classic car sitting in your garage, it’s probably your pride and joy. While that head-turner has probably already cost you a lot — in time, money, and effort — it … Read More

It was great, wasn’t it? Signing along that dotted line, happy you’d picked a solid home insurance policy at an affordable price, knowing your home would be protected if disaster struck? But insurance needs change, and … Read More